This proposal seeks to enhance acceptability and uptake of COVID-19 testing and vaccination to engage African American and Latinx public housing residents in South Los Angeles. Given the multiple disparities experienced by public housing residents, the investigators will utilize a theoretically-based, multidisciplinary and culturally tailored intervention to reduce barriers and implement innovate strategies to engage this population in the uptake of COVID-19 testing and vaccination.
Through the engagement and empowerment of 15 trained COVID-19 health ambassadors, the
investigators will jointly implement and evaluate a theoretically based and
culturally-sensitive socio-behavioral intervention that will: a) reduce mistrust, fatalistic
beliefs, and related psychosocial barriers that hinder COVID-19 testing and vaccination; b)
increase receptivity and willingness for uptake of COVID-19 testing and vaccination; and c)
assess perceived impact of psychosocial and health outcomes related to COVID-19 testing and
vaccination for 310 African American and Latinx public housing residents.
Behavioral: Increasing Willingness and Uptake of COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination
Provide/enhance knowledge, modify attitudes, motivate and provide skills and resources to reduce COVID-19 related risk and challenges and increase willingness and uptake in COVID-19 testing and vaccination.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Identify as Latino/Hispanic or African American/Black
- Reside in one of the six collaborating public housing
- 18 years old and older
- Speak either English or Spanish
Exclusion Criteria:
- Does not self-identify as African American and/or Black
- Under the age of 18
- Unable to speak English or Spanish
- Does not Reside in one of the six collaborating public housing
Housing Authority of Clty of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, United States
Mohsen Bazargan, PhD, Principal Investigator
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine & Science