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Leveraging Social Networks to Increase COVID-19 Testing Uptake
Sponsor: New York State Psychiatric Institute
Summary
This two-year project will adapt and conduct a trial examining the ability of two recruitment strategies, chain-referral and credible messenger, to reach those who use opioids and other substances in order to increase their uptake of onsite point of care COVID-19 testing that will be delivered in two community based organizations (CBOs): Alliance for Positive Change and Argus Health Inc. In Phase 1, Adapt two implementation strategies to support COVID-19 testing uptake and sustainability, adapting elements of existing efficacious social network-based interventions via a CBPR approach. In Phase 2, we will examine and compare the efficacy of two sets of implementation strategies on (i) reach, (ii) testing uptake, (iii) service delivery (i.e. quarantine, medical care, contact tracing) and (iv) sustainability for individuals who use opioids and other drugs. In Phase 3, Elucidate and compare the system/organizational-, staff-, and individual-level factors that influence implementation (i.e. fidelity, acceptability, feasibility, sustainability) of the strategies to develop a plan for dissemination and scale-up in other CBOs who serve opioid and other substance using individuals in NYC.
Official title: Leveraging Social Networks to Increase COVID-19 Testing Uptake: A Comparison of Credible Messenger and Chain Referral Recruitment Approaches
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
498
Start Date
2021-04-20
Completion Date
2023-01-01
Last Updated
2026-06-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Chain-referral
In the chain-referral intervention, a discrete number of "seeds" will be recruited from the community partners, trained and incentivized to recruit and refer members of their social networks to receive COVID-19 testing. The peer recruiters are paid for each suvcessful and eligible recruit who enrolls to be tested. Those individuals are then themselves trained to recruit peers from their social networks to receive COVID-19 testing. This is repeated over a period of 4-6 months.
Credible Messenger
In the credible messenger intervention, peers noted to be popular and socially influential individuals with lived experience will be trained to engage within community settings and areas to encourage community members to receive COVID-19 testing at the community partnering agencies. Peers will recruit community members over a period of 4-6 months.
Locations (1)
New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, United States