To create and evaluate effective COVID-19 testing uptake strategies that focus on underserved individuals who are exposed but have not accessed testing, and underserved individuals who are not routinely tested because they are unaware of their exposure or risk status in order to increase testing among these populations and reduce Covid-19 related disparities.
Communities Fighting COVID is a partnership between San Diego State's School of Public Health and numerous communities in San Diego focused on providing community-based testing to specific language-speaking communities and vulnerable populations. This partnership is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Undeserved Populations (Radx-UP), with the aim of ensuring all Americans have access to timely COVID-19 testing and diagnosis. Many communities, particularly immigrant and people of color communities, have a harder time accessing existing COVID-19 resources due to transportation, language barriers, or other barriers.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
32,750
Implementation of Antigen and PCR testing at participant homes
Implementation of Antigen and PCR testing at mobile test sites
Implementation of Antigen and PCR testing at mobile test sites - active outreach
Contact Households
San Diego, California, United States
Test uptake
Testing volume by study arm as cumulative count per hours testing site operated
Time frame: Through study completion, expected to be 20 months
Test access
Proportion of individuals by study arm who note that this strategy has facilitated ability to test.
Time frame: Through study completion, expected to be 20 months
Test Impact (COVID-19 diagnoses)
Proportion of COVID-19 diagnoses of those tested by study arm
Time frame: Through study completion, expected to be 20 months
Test Impact (number needed to screen)
Number needed to screen (number tested in order to detect one new infection).
Time frame: Through study completion, expected to be 20 months
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Implementation of Antigen and PCR testing at mobile test sites - baseline outreach