Leveraging CHWs to Improve COVID-19 Testing and Mitigation Among CJIs Accessing a Corrections-focused CBO

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Covid19

In brief

Given the likelihood of COVID-19 remaining an endemic disease among high-risk populations, establishing effective mitigation interventions will be critical to stemming community transmission. Criminal justice-involved individuals are extremely important to reducing community-based SARS-CoV-2 transmission due to their increased risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 while incarcerated and their likelihood of living in congregate settings after incarceration. The investigators will evaluate an onsite Point-of-Care SARS-CoV-2 testing and education strategy in a corrections-focused community-based organization and its impact on improving testing uptake, mitigation behaviors(e.g. mask wearing, hand hygiene, social distancing, vaccine uptake when available), and cost-effectiveness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04878328

Run by

Montefiore Medical Center

People needed

250

Starts

2022-04-14

Expected to finish

2025-05-22

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-25

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Fortune Society clients
• Greater than or equal to 18 years old
• Fluent in English or Spanish
• Resident of NYC
• Released from a jail or a prison system within 90 days

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to provide informed consent
• Inability to complete study visits over 12 months
• Does not plan to reside in the NYC area for the next year
• Terminal illness

Where it is running

• Fortune Society — Long Island City, New York, United States
• Montefiore Medical Center — The Bronx, New York, United States

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