Connecting Friends and Health Workers to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination in Latino Communities

ConditionsCOVID-19 Vaccine

Trial statusRecruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorJohns Hopkins University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out which approach works better in getting more of the friends and connections of Latino adults get vaccinated against COVID-19.

The main questions this study aims to answer are:

1. Can teaching people to use motivational interviewing help more friends and connections of Latino adults get the COVID-19 vaccine compared to just giving information about the vaccine? 2. What are the things that make it easier or harder for Latinos and networks to get the COVID-19 vaccine? 3. How does this intervention work in practice so that it can be made available to more people in the future

The researchers will compare the vaccine rates of the friends and connections of Latinos who have been trained in motivational interviewing with those who have only been given information about the COVID-19 vaccine. This will help figure out which method works best to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18 years or older, and

Self-identifies as Hispanic/Latino, and

Living in Maryland, and

Has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine/booster in the last 12 months.

Disqualifiers

Previously participated in the study

Lacks capacity to consent

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

REDES
Behavioral
Training on motivational interviewing (MI) led by community health workers on how to use MI to address vaccine hesitancy using a guiding approach, open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries.
Control
Behavioral
Brief CHW-led training about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Participants will have the opportunity to ask clarifying questions from the CHWs during the training.

Treatment groups

900 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: REDES: Motivational interviewing trainingExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Group B: Control: COVID-19 vaccine informationActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

COVID-19 vaccine status among networks

Number of network participants who receive the COVID-19 vaccine

Time frame

Up to 18 months

Sponsors and contacts

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Johns Hopkins University

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Collaborator

Rutgers University

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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