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Thompson MJ, Drain PK, Gregor CE, Hassell LA, Ko LK, Lyon V, Ahmed S, Bishop S, Dupuis V, Garza L, Lambert AA, Rowe C, Warne T, Webber E, Westbroek W, Adams AK. A pragmatic randomized trial of home-based testing for COVID-19 in rural Native American and Latino communities: Protocol for the "Protecting our Communities" study. Contemp Clin Trials 2022; 119:106820. [PMID: 35691487 PMCID: PMC9181367 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2022.106820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Home-based testing for COVID-19 has potential to reduce existing health care disparities among underserved populations in the United States. However, implementation of home-based tests in these communities may face significant barriers. This study evaluates the acceptability, feasibility, and success of home-based testing and the potential added benefit of active support from trusted community health workers for Native Americans and Hispanic/Latino adults living in rural Montana and Washington states. METHODS/DESIGN The academic-community research team designed the trial to be responsive to community needs for understanding barriers and supports to home-based COVID-19 testing. The "Protecting Our Community" study is a two-arm pragmatic randomized controlled trial in which a total of 400 participants are randomized to active or passive arms. Participants of both study arms receive a commercially available home collection COVID-19 test kit, which is completed by mailing a self-collected nasal swab to a central laboratory. The primary study outcome is return of the kit to the central lab within 14 days. The cultural, social, behavioral, and economic barriers to home-based COVID-19 testing are also assessed by qualitative research methods. A survey and semi-structured interviews are conducted after the trial to evaluate perceptions and experience of home-based testing. DISCUSSION Implementing home-based testing in underserved populations, including among Native American and Hispanic/Latino communities, may require additional support to be successful. The Protecting Our Community trial examines the effect of trusted community health workers on use of home-based testing, which may be adaptable for community-driven models of home-based testing in other underserved populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Matthew J Thompson
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Box 354696, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Box 351620, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356420, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Box 351619, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
| | - Charlie E Gregor
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
| | - Laurie A Hassell
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
| | - Linda K Ko
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Box 351621, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
| | - Victoria Lyon
- Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Box 354696, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
| | - Selena Ahmed
- Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), Montana State University, PO Box 173485, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - Sonia Bishop
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue N, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
| | - Virgil Dupuis
- Salish Kootenai College, 58138 US-93, Pablo, MT, USA
| | - Lorenzo Garza
- Sunnyside School District, 1110 S 6th St., Sunnyside, WA, USA
| | - Allison A Lambert
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Box 356420, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; Providence Medical Research Center, Providence Health Care, 105 W 8th Ave, Suite 6050W, Spokane, WA, USA
| | - Carly Rowe
- Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 850 Republican Street, Box 358051, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
| | - Teresa Warne
- Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), Montana State University, PO Box 173485, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
| | - Eliza Webber
- Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), Montana State University, PO Box 173485, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), Montana State University, PO Box 173485, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
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