Supported Employment COVID-19 Rapid Testing for PWID
- Conditions
- Health Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Supported Employment
- Registration Number
- NCT05984966
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Oregon
- Brief Summary
This community-engaged project aims to improve the accessibility of rapid tests through a supported employment program for people who inject drugs (PWID). The program is called Peer Connect2Test (PeerC2T). PWID will be recruited by a community partner who provides syringe exchange services. PWID will the trained by the community partner to become peer health workers (PHW) to distribute SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests to other PWID. Investigators expect that PeerC2T will improve knowledge, self-efficacy, and health behaviors among PHW (Aim 1). The study will use the RE-AIM framework in Aims 2 and 3 to evaluate whether PeerC2T improves SARS-CoV-2 testing uptake among other PWID (RE; Aim 2), and identify intervention considerations (AIM; Aim 3). The overall goal of this project is develop a transformative community-driven intervention in partnership with a community partner to promote widespread access to rapid testing among PWID.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 350
- Age 18 and older, understand English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Supported Employment Supported Employment Supported employment program (Peer Connect2Test) for people who inject drugs to provide SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests to others in their networks
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Qualitative semi-structured interview with PWID Peer Health Worker 3 months post intervention involvement Includes:(a) provided participant with purpose and meaning; (b) helped them create more meaningful social relationships; (c) provided opportunities for engaging with society in a positive way; (d) helped them feel competent and capable; and (e) facilitated optimism about the future. Coded using NVivo text-analysis software.
Percent of people who inject drugs who agree to testing for COVID-19 through study completion, an average of 1 year Peer Health Workers will offer a rapid test to 1000 PWID. The percent of PWID who agree to take the test serves as this measure for Aim 2a.
Change in Self-efficacy of PWID Peer Health Worker Change from Baseline Self-efficacy at 3 months To test Aim 1 using qualitative data, we will develop self-efficacy items based on skills taught in the supported employment training 5-point response option (1 = Strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).
Change in Behavioral Intentions of Peer Health Worker Change from Baseline Behavior at 3 months To test Aim 1, we will adapt questions from the Preventative Medicine Attitudes and Activities Questionnaire, and using the same response option, reframe the items based on how often they intend to engage in the behavior. We will develop the knowledge items based on skills taught in the training. Higher scores indicate greater behavioral intentions.
Change in Flourishing Scale (Well-Being) Change from Baseline Flourishing (well-being) at 3 months To test Aim 1, we will use an 8-item summary measure of self-perceived success in important areas such as relationships, self-esteem, purpose, and optimism. Questions pertain to experiences over the past 4-weeks (e.g., My social relationships are supportive and rewarding, I am engaged and interested in my daily activities) and responses are indicated on a 7-point scale (1 = Strongly disagree, 7 = Strongly agree). The possible range of scores is from 8 (lowest possible) to 56 (highest PWB possible). A high score represents a person with many psychological resources and strengths
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
University of Oregon
🇺🇸Eugene, Oregon, United States