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COVID-19 Rapid Test-to-Treat With African American Churches (Faithful Response II)
Sponsor: University of Missouri, Kansas City
Summary
This 2-arm clustered, randomized community trial will test a multilevel, religiously-tailored COVID-19 rapid, self-testing and treatment intervention against a nontailored, education condition on uptake of COVID-19 rapid testing with 900 adult African American church members and community members using outreach ministry services from 12 churches at 6 months. Rapid COVID-19 self-testing and contact tracing (beliefs and practices), and use of linkage to care services (e.g., referrals to treatment, health insurance, medical home/appointments, community resources) will also be examined. Findings from this study could provide a scalable model for feasible, accessible and acceptable COVID-19 rapid, self-testing (with rapid linkage to treatment and health/community resources) in public (churches and their affiliate settings and organizations), home, and health provider spaces by equipping African American churches with culturally-appropriate, easy-to-use rapid test kits, health department support, and tailored COVID-19 test-to-treat education and promotion tools.
Official title: COVID-19 Testing and Linkage to Care With African American Church and Health Agency Partners
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 120 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
900
Start Date
2024-05-15
Completion Date
2026-03-01
Last Updated
2026-03-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
COVID-19 rapid test-to-treat
This community-engaged approach includes trained church leaders delivering a culturally, church-appropriate COVID-19 test-to-treat toolkit materials/activities via multilevel church outlets: a) self-help materials and tailored text messages; b) ministry group educational information; c) church services with COVID-19 related materials/activities (e.g., sermons, pastors modeling rapid-self testing, testimonials, bulletins); and d) church-community level linkage to care services (e.g., healthcare, community resources) provided by health department testers cross-trained as community health workers. Intervention churches will host 2 COVID-19 TTT events in coordination with the local health department, which provide rapid testing onsite at participating churches, provide members with take-home COVID-19 rapid self-test kits, and support an option for members to use a proctored telehealth rapid test that will be able to qualify persons for a anti-viral treatment prescription (e.g., Paxlovid).
Standard COVID19 education control arm
Multilevel delivery of standard COVID-19 education by church leaders and 2 COVID-19 testing events.
Locations (1)
School of Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri, United States