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Evaluating a Community-Led COVID-19 Testing Intervention to Address Mistrust

Award Number: U01MD018316
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 11/01/2022
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 10/31/2025

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Evaluating a Community-Led COVID-19 Testing Intervention to Address Mistrust - Project Summary Our preliminary work with low-income Black residents in Southeastern and Central Virginia suggests that preexisting mistrust in the public health establishment and other important government institutions has worsened during the pandemic, affecting decision making about following public health guidance related to COVID-19 testing and vaccination. In particular, participants in our current study report that a major barrier to COVID-19 testing is the expectation that a positive result will be used against them. This suggests that trust- building must be a cornerstone of any COVID-19 outreach efforts. The goal of this proposal is to address these concerns through the development of a community-led intervention co-developed with our partner Housing Collaborative Community Advisory Board (HC CAB). Our HC CAB partners report that our relationships with them helped overcome mistrust common in their communities. They described the way we interacted with them, rather than any specific content, led us to be viewed as trustworthy. Engagement with a strong relationship building focus is thus likely an important intervention in and of itself—in this study we will standardize a process of relationship and trust building to be used as core components of a community-led intervention promoting rapid COVID-19 testing. In Aim 1 we administer and evaluate a preliminary virtual Peer Mentor COVID-19 testing intervention developed with our HC CAB partners. It uses a Peer Mentor model in which HC CAB members guide other community members participating in the study through self-administering a rapid in-home test. The process will be virtual, with HC CAB member Peer Mentors and participants using digital access capacity provided and supported by the research team. In a second arm of the study participants will meet with research staff in group sessions meant to approximate the experience of being a member of a community advisory board. There will also be a control group which will only receive follow up assessment. In Aim 2 we use evaluation data to develop an adapted COVID-19 testing intervention. In Aim 3 we administer the adapted intervention.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	005	1	4/3/2025	NEW	-$154,175
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	1	2/12/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	2/12/2025	NEW	$0
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	HAMPTON BLVD	NORFOLK	VA	23529	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	10/21/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	10/23/2024	NEW	$0
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	HAMPTON BLVD	NORFOLK	VA	23529	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	007	2	4/3/2025	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$233,042
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	10/23/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2025	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	006	1	4/3/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$78,867
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	7/2/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$254,032
2024	2023	OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY	HAMPTON BLVD	NORFOLK	VA	23529	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	004	2	7/17/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$267,357
2024	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	7/2/2024	NEW	-$13,325
2024	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	11/20/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
2024	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	11/20/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,040,775 )
2023	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	1	12/19/2022	NEW	$0
2023	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	1	10/31/2022	NEW	$525,000
2023	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	003	1	5/23/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$515,775
2023	2023	EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL	735 FAIRFAX AVE STE 909C	NORFOLK	VA	23507	NORFOLK CITY	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	1	5/23/2023	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $1,040,775

Grand Total All Awards = $1,040,775

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Evaluating a Community-Led COVID-19 Testing Intervention to Address Mistrust

Award Number: U01MD018316

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 11/01/2022

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 10/31/2025

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