New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study - Testing Overlooked Occupations

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Covid19; Health Care Seeking Behavior; Health Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Community Organization Led Outreach; Behavioral: Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach

• Registration Number: NCT04766333
• Lead Sponsor: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Brief Summary

This mixed methods study evaluates the effectiveness and cost of a healthcare worker focused outreach intervention strategy versus community organization led outreach to explore contextual factors (individual, family, and community) affecting COVID-19 testing implementation outcomes and scalability.

Detailed Description

In Aim 2, the investigators conduct a mixed methods study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost of: (1) the healthcare worker focused outreach intervention strategy versus (2) community organization led outreach working with community based organizations. The investigators explore contextual factors (individual, family, and community) affecting COVID-19 testing implementation outcomes and scalability. The primary outcome is uptake of COVID-19 testing using the novel Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory/RUCDR saliva test, the first FDA authorized diagnostic test using saliva to detect SARS-CoV-2 for non-invasive, home based self-testing. To compare participation rates in the two arms, our primary outcome, the investigators will use data on the number of tests performed per month up to a 12 month study period. For each intervention, the start time is the date of first attempted contact with potential participants and the end date is either the end of the study period, or the date at which the 1000th individual was tested (whichever comes first).

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-22
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-23
• Study Start: 2021-05-03
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-31
• Study Completion: 2021-12-31
• Results First Submitted: 2023-02-10
• Status Verified: 2023-03
• Results First Submitted QC: 2023-03-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-03-08
• Results First Posted: 2023-03-10
• Last Update Posted: 2023-03-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2017

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 4 years of age.
• Unable to speak, understand, and/or read English or Spanish.
• Unable to provide informed consent/assent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Community Organization Led Outreach	Community Organization Led Outreach	Community Organization Led Outreach
Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy	Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach	Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach Intervention Strategy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Who Complete COVID-19 Testing	1 year	Number of participants who return their saliva testing kit.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rutgers University; 🇺🇸 New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States