Minnesota COVID-19 Testing Project
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 561
- 试验地点
- 20
- 主要终点
- Effect of monetary incentives in increasing unit response 1
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this project is to help the state of Minnesota understand why individuals are not getting tested and potentially identify trusted individuals or organizations that could be used in follow-up work to send messages. Investigators focus on the first two issues of unit and item nonresponse, which is not random across the population and thus could lead to nonresponse bias. To do so, investigators are deploying flyers through 10 Twin City area food shelves and potentially through public housing units with information on how to answer an online questionnaire.
详细描述
In the United States, recent statistics show that African American and Latinx communities bear a disproportionate burden from COVID-19. Reaching vulnerable and underserved populations is therefore crucial to combating the disease. However, most public messaging campaigns are not targeted toward underserved communities and don't address fears of social stigma, mistrust in the healthcare system, or concerns about immigration status.
The goal of this project is to help the state of Minnesota understand why individuals are not getting tested and potentially identify trusted individuals or organizations that could be used in follow-up work to send messages. To do so, investigators are deploying flyers through 10 Twin City area food shelves and potentially through public housing units with information on how to answer an online questionnaire.
This provides us with an opportunity to study who answers surveys and why - and what questions are particularly sensitive. This is of general interest to academicians and policymakers alike.
The quality of household surveys is in decline, for three main reasons. First, households have become increasingly less likely to answer surveys at all (unit nonresponse). Second, those that respond are less likely to answer certain questions (item nonresponse). Third, when households do provide answers, they are less likely to be accurate (measurement error). This is important since household surveys help to estimate the employment rate, healthcare needs and of course the census determines resources/representation.
Investigators focus on the first two issues of unit and item nonresponse, which is not random across the population and thus could lead to nonresponse bias. Census tracts with predominantly Hispanic or Black residents had significantly lower response rates to the American Community Survey as compared to the response rates in predominantly white tracts. Similarly, response rates to the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) were lower in areas with higher levels of Hispanic and minority residents.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- Double (Participant, Care Provider)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All participants who are aged 18 or above and speak English or Spanish
排除标准
- •Children, those who do not identify as above or adults who identify as above but do not agree to participate in survey during the consent stage.
结局指标
主要结局
Effect of monetary incentives in increasing unit response 1
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a $20 incentive and completed the survey
Effect of a government frame in reducing unit response 2
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a research frame and completed the survey.
Interactions between monetary incentives and a government frame 1
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a government frame and $20 incentive and completed the survey
Effect of monetary incentives in increasing unit response 2
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a $10 incentive and completed the survey.
Interactions between monetary incentives and a government frame 3
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed during the 20-minute Baseline Survey.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a researcher frame and $20 incentive and completed the survey
Effect of a government frame in reducing unit response 1
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a government frame and completed the survey
Demographic characteristics of participants assigned into each treatment arm
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed during the 20-minute Baseline Survey.
Demographic characteristics (e.g. sex, education level, income level, race/ethnicity) of participants who are assigned to each treatment arm and completed the survey.
Effect of various messaging frames in increasing item non-response
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed during the 20-minute Baseline Survey.
Number of survey participants who are randomly assigned to receive each messaging frame that: a) emphasizes the public health benefits of answering the survey questions (cost-benefit frame); b) emphasizes an individual's responsibility to their community (duty frame); c) emphasizes the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on certain ethnic and racial groups; or d) provides no messaging.
Interactions between monetary incentives and a government frame 2
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed when the individual agrees to participate in the Baseline survey, which takes approximately 20 minutes.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a government frame and $10 incentive and completed the survey
Interactions between monetary incentives and a government frame 4
时间窗: This outcome will be assessed during the 20-minute Baseline Survey.
Number of participants who received a flyer that mentions a researcher frame and $10 incentive and completed the survey
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Marcella Alsan
Professor
Harvard University