Building Resiliency and Vital Equity (BRAVE) Project: Understanding Native Americans' Perceptions/Beliefs About COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Study

Covid19 Virus Infection Clinical Trial

— BRAVE  

Official title:

Building Resiliency and Vital Equity (BRAVE) Project: Understanding Native Americans' Perceptions/Beliefs About COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04964154
• Other study ID #: 1201571
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 17, 2021
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: July 2021
• Source: North Carolina Central University
• Contact: Deepak Kumar, PhD
• Phone: 919-530-7017
• Email: dkumar[@]ad.nccu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Building Resilience and Vital Equity (BRAVE) project seeks to partner with American Indian tribal communities in North Carolina to establish COVID-19 services and resources for American Indian communities. The goal of this study is to 1) understand the barriers and social implications of COVID19 testing and vaccination among American Indians by designing and implementing culturally sensitive survey tools and intervention materials; 2) Implement BRAVE outreach and testing interventions to increase testing in American Indian communities; 3) analyze data and share back with tribal communities to improve perceptions of COVID-19 testing in the AI community and decrease in vaccine hesitancy.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 4000
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: March 30, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Self reports as Native American or American Indian

Exclusion Criteria:

• Does not self-report as Native American or American Indian

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Covid19 Virus Infection
• Virus Diseases

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Protect Your Elders Campaign
This is a behavioral intervention where participants will receive cultural appropriate educational information about COVID-19 testing and vaccination.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Lumbee Tribe Tribal Housing Complex	Pembroke	North Carolina

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
North Carolina Central University	Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Increase in COVID-19 testing	Survey responses to determine if participants in zipcodes selected for intervention are more less inclined to get tested for COVID-19.	1 month
Primary	Increase in COVID-19 vaccination	Survey responses to determine if participants in zipcodes selected for intervention are more less inclined to get vaccinated against COVID-19.	1 month