The study aims to engage community partners to implement IMPROVE intervention and promote(COVID-19) rapid testing among vulnerable Asian Americans in the Greater PhiladelphiaArea and New York City
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Behavioral: IMPROVE
IMPROVE is a CBHN-led intervention. The study team delivered comprehensive training to
CHNs to let them be well-prepared for intervention delivery. CHNs lead an in-person
start-up group education session that consists of 4 modules: 1) a 6-minutes video of a
health care provider delivering information on COVID-19 to help participants better
understand the disease; 2) using educational slides, CHNs discuss the importance of
COVID-19 testing and mitigation adherence; 3) CHNs conduct live demonstration of how to
use rapid COVID-19 self-test kit correctly and distribute two COVID-19 self-testing kits
to each participant. 4) CHNs guide interactive discussions with participants to enable
them to reflect and reinforce what they learned. In addition, CHNs will help participants
identify their navigation needs in reducing hesitancy of self-testing and mitigation
practices. CHNs will also schedule check-in calls with participants.
Inclusion Criteria:
- (1) self-identified as Asian from one of the subgroups: Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese,
Filipino, or other South Asian Americans,
- (2) aged 18 and above,
- (3) living in the Greater Philadelphia or NYC areas,
Exclusion Criteria:
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Center for Asian Health, Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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