Getting INFORMED and Living Well: A Demonstration Project to Facilitate Pandemic Recovery Among Asian Americans in California
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- COVID-19
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Enrollment
- 616
- Locations
- 4
- Primary Endpoint
- Change in decisional conflict scale (SURE) scores
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
The project is to facilitate pandemic recovery by promoting emotional wellness among Asian Californians. The intervention includes a 6-week program in which participants may choose to receive text only or text + Lay Health Worker outreach targeting 600 self-identified Asian Americans residing in California who speak/read English, Chinese, Korean, Hmong, or Vietnamese.
Detailed Description
Investigators will conduct a non-randomized intervention trial (preference trial). Research participants involved in the trial will include 20 lay health workers (LHWs) and 600 trial participants with intervention delivered via SMS text messaging (for all participants), and the intervention group will receive educational intervention outreach from an LHW via Zoom or mutually agreed video conferencing online venues, and by telephone or instant messaging. Participants will choose which group they are in, SMS text messaging only or SMS text messaging plus educational outreach from an LHW.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •i) age 18 and older
- •ii) speak Chinese, English, Hmong, Korean, or Vietnamese
- •iii) self-identify as Asian American
- •iv) have access to a mobile phone to receive SMS text messages
Exclusion Criteria
- •unwilling to receive SMS text messages from the project
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change in decisional conflict scale (SURE) scores
Time Frame: Baseline and 8-week follow-up
Self-assessed perceptions of decision conflict will be assessed using the 4-item Decision Conflict Scale (SURE). Scores on the SURE scale range from 0 to 4, with higher scores indicating less decisional conflict. A score of less than 4 indicates decisional conflict.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in the percentage of participants' awareness of resources to get help or to learn more about improving emotional wellness(Baseline and 8-week follow-up)
- Change in self-reported emotional wellness outcome(Baseline and 8-week follow-up)
- Change in proportion of participants who have Intention to seek help for mental health(Baseline and 8-week follow-up)