Leveraging Community Health Workers to Combat COVID-19 and Mental Health Misinformation in Haiti, Malawi, and Rwanda
NCT ID: NCT05997511
Last Updated: 2024-06-24
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Basic Information
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ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
NA
5109 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2023-11-27
2025-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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COVID-19
Behavioral (SMS) Intervention
Card-Sorting Activity (Pre-intervention design)
Study team members within each country will free list misinformation or misconceptions that they commonly encounter in clinical practice or daily life. Each item will be used to create paired cards - one containing the misinformation and a second containing the corresponding correct information. During qualitative interviews, we will ask CHWs to participate in a series of card sorting activities, which is a participatory research method that can inform the design of health interventions.
SMS Crafting (Pre-intervention design)
A two-person team consisting of one local communication expert and one clinician will draft clinically correct, easy-to-understand SMS messages designed to counter identified misinformation. We will draft messages that use various styles and use cognitive interviewing with CHWs to assess their understanding of and responses to each style. The final messages used in our intervention will be determined by CHW preference.
SMS Messaging
Final messages will be sent via SMS to all CHWs working in our study area. CHWs will also be provided with contact information for a helpline staffed by a local team member who can answer follow-up questions in the local language.
Mental Health
Behavorial (SMS) Intervention
Card-Sorting Activity (Pre-intervention design)
Study team members within each country will free list misinformation or misconceptions that they commonly encounter in clinical practice or daily life. Each item will be used to create paired cards - one containing the misinformation and a second containing the corresponding correct information. During qualitative interviews, we will ask CHWs to participate in a series of card sorting activities, which is a participatory research method that can inform the design of health interventions.
SMS Crafting (Pre-intervention design)
A two-person team consisting of one local communication expert and one clinician will draft clinically correct, easy-to-understand SMS messages designed to counter identified misinformation. We will draft messages that use various styles and use cognitive interviewing with CHWs to assess their understanding of and responses to each style. The final messages used in our intervention will be determined by CHW preference.
SMS Messaging
Final messages will be sent via SMS to all CHWs working in our study area. CHWs will also be provided with contact information for a helpline staffed by a local team member who can answer follow-up questions in the local language.
Interventions
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Card-Sorting Activity (Pre-intervention design)
Study team members within each country will free list misinformation or misconceptions that they commonly encounter in clinical practice or daily life. Each item will be used to create paired cards - one containing the misinformation and a second containing the corresponding correct information. During qualitative interviews, we will ask CHWs to participate in a series of card sorting activities, which is a participatory research method that can inform the design of health interventions.
SMS Crafting (Pre-intervention design)
A two-person team consisting of one local communication expert and one clinician will draft clinically correct, easy-to-understand SMS messages designed to counter identified misinformation. We will draft messages that use various styles and use cognitive interviewing with CHWs to assess their understanding of and responses to each style. The final messages used in our intervention will be determined by CHW preference.
SMS Messaging
Final messages will be sent via SMS to all CHWs working in our study area. CHWs will also be provided with contact information for a helpline staffed by a local team member who can answer follow-up questions in the local language.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* 18+ years of age.
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Partners in Health
OTHER
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Bethany Hedt-Gauthier
Principal Investigator
Locations
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Zanmi Lasante
Cangé, , Haiti
Partners in Health- Malawi
Neno, , Malawi
Partners in Health- Rwanda
Kigali, , Rwanda
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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IRB22-1339
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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