Community-engaged Optimization of COVID-19 Rapid Evaluation and TEsting Experiences

Description

Throughout the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, rates of COVID-19 have been persistently high in San Diego County's central and southern communities near the United States/Mexico border. These regions predominantly house Latino residents, the ethnic minority community most impacted by COVID-19 in San Diego. In the Phase I project, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) partnered with San Ysidro Health (SYH) and the Global Action Research Center, to co-create and demonstrate the impact of a COVID-19 testing program in San Ysidro, one of the most impacted areas from COVID-19 in San Diego County. To date, the project tested \>10,000 community members (92% Latino) and received requests to scale-out the testing program to additional primary care clinic sites. In this Phase III project, Community-engaged Optimization of COVID-19 Rapid Evaluation And TEsting Experiences (CO-CREATE-Ex) will extend work with the Phase I community and clinical partners to refine, specify, implement, and evaluate an implementation strategy bundle that optimizes COVID-19 testing, expanding beyond current polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to FDA-authorized COVID-19 rapid antigen testing.

Conditions

COVID-19, COVID-19 Pandemic

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Throughout the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, rates of COVID-19 have been persistently high in San Diego County's central and southern communities near the United States/Mexico border. These regions predominantly house Latino residents, the ethnic minority community most impacted by COVID-19 in San Diego. In the Phase I project, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) partnered with San Ysidro Health (SYH) and the Global Action Research Center, to co-create and demonstrate the impact of a COVID-19 testing program in San Ysidro, one of the most impacted areas from COVID-19 in San Diego County. To date, the project tested \>10,000 community members (92% Latino) and received requests to scale-out the testing program to additional primary care clinic sites. In this Phase III project, Community-engaged Optimization of COVID-19 Rapid Evaluation And TEsting Experiences (CO-CREATE-Ex) will extend work with the Phase I community and clinical partners to refine, specify, implement, and evaluate an implementation strategy bundle that optimizes COVID-19 testing, expanding beyond current polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing to FDA-authorized COVID-19 rapid antigen testing.

CO-CREATE-Ex: Community-engaged Optimization of COVID-19 Rapid Evaluation and TEsting Experiences

Community-engaged Optimization of COVID-19 Rapid Evaluation and TEsting Experiences

Condition
COVID-19
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

San Ysidro

San Ysidro Health Centers, San Ysidro, California, United States, 92173

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Speak English and/or Spanish
  • * Affiliated with San Ysidro Health as a patient at select clinics (San Ysidro, Chula Vista, Lincoln Park, and Logan Heights) OR
  • * A member of a community near a San Ysidro Health clinic (San Ysidro, Chula Vista, Lincoln Park, and Logan Heights).
  • * Institutionalization for psychiatric disorder, developmental delay, or criminal activity.
  • * Unable to provide informed consent.

Ages Eligible for Study

to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, San Diego,

Louise Laurent, MD/PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, San Diego

Study Record Dates

2025-02-28