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COVID-19 Resource Offers Among Rent and Utility Assistance Applicants in St. Louis

NCT05451511 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 531

Last updated 2022-11-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate health messaging strategies that help individuals with a high degree of housing-related needs engage in COVID-19 vaccination and testing behaviors. Findings from this research can help other communities determine how best to integrate social needs and COVID-19 prevention services. Participants' contact information will be shared with us by 211 with the participants' previously given consent. The study team will send via text message a link to a survey that includes a screen where they will provide informed consent. Those who provide consent will be randomly assigned to receive one of two surveys. The order of the offers is what varies across the surveys. Participants will be asked, along with other survey items, if they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. If they have not, they will be asked if they are interested in receiving help to receive a vaccine. Participants will also be asked if they are interested in receiving an at-home COVID self-test. If they say yes to assistance with vaccination, a vaccine navigator will call and assist them. If they say yes to receiving a COVID test, the study team will ship them a test that has been procured from the City of St. Louis Mayor's office. One month later participants will be sent a follow-up survey that asks about their experiences either with testing or with vaccination if applicable.

Conditions

  • Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
  • Communication

Interventions

OTHER

Door-In-The-Face Technique

Sequential request strategies will be applied as an intervention. For the Door-In-The-Face Technique, participants first receive a large request they are unlikely to accept, followed by a smaller request that is the true behavior of interest.

OTHER

Foot-In-The-Door Technique

Sequential request strategies will be applied as an intervention. For the Foot-In-The-Door Technique, participants are shown an easier first request that they are likely to accept, followed by a larger request that is not the behavior of interest.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-05
Primary Completion
2022-09-25
Completion
2022-09-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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