Connecting Friends and Health Workers to Boost COVID-19 Vaccination in Latino Communities

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Conditions studied: COVID-19, Vaccine

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to find out which approach works better in getting more of the friends and connections of Latino adults get vaccinated against COVID-19. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. Can teaching people to use motivational interviewing help more friends and connections of Latino adults get the COVID-19 vaccine compared to just giving information about the vaccine? 2. What are the things that make it easier or harder for Latinos and networks to get the COVID-19 vaccine? 3. How does this intervention work in practice so that it can be made available to more people in the future The researchers will compare the vaccine rates of the friends and connections of Latinos who have been trained in motivational interviewing with those who have only been given information about the COVID-19 vaccine. This will help figure out which method works best to encourage more people to get vaccinated.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06128928

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

900

Starts

2023-07-08

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-11-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Eligibility criteria for index participants (eligibility for index participants is intended to select participants who are less vaccine hesitant):
• Age 18 years or older, and
• Self-identifies as Hispanic/Latino, and
• Living in Maryland, and
• Has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine/booster in the last 12 months.
• Eligibility criteria for primary and secondary network members (peers):
• Eligibility for peers is intended to select for participants who are more vaccine hesitant (e.g. unvaccinated, or have not received at least one COVID-19 vaccine/booster in the last 12 months)
• 18 years old or older, and
• Self-identifies as Hispanic/Latino, and
• Living in Maryland, and
• Provide a study coupon to verify that they were referred by an index or a primary network member, and
• Has not received at least one COVID-19 vaccine/booster in the last 12 months.

You may not qualify if…

• Previously participated in the study
• Lacks capacity to consent

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States (enrolling)

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