ArticlePloS one2022
Reproducibility and implementation of a rapid, community-based COVID-19 "test and respond" model in low-income, majority-Latino communities in Northern California.
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- Assessment of COVID-19 Messaging Strategies to Increase Testing for Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.The Journal of school health · 2024Trial
- Implementing a Covid-19 Testing Intervention in African American Testing Deserts in Chicago: an Academic-Community Partnership to Promote Covid-19 Health Equity.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Assessing the efficacy of a community-based COVID-19 program with vulnerable and underserved Latino communities.Discover public health · 2026Article
- Doing more with less: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Latino-serving community-based organizations.BMC public health · 2025Article
- After Mandates End: Complex Decision Making Regarding COVID-19 Masking in San Diego Elementary Schools Through the Social Ecological Model.The Journal of school health · 2025Article
- Indications of digital literacy during Latino-focused, community-based COVID-19 testing implementation.JAMIA open · 2024Article
- Lessons from Two Latino Communities Working with Academic Partners to Increase Access to COVID-19 Testing.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2024Article
- External relationships as implementation determinants in community-engaged, equity-focused COVID-19 vaccination events.Frontiers in health services · 2024Article
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objectiveTo evaluate implementation of a community-engaged approach to scale up COVID-19 mass testing in low-income, majority-Latino communities.
methodsIn January 2021, we formed a community-academic "Latino COVID-19 Collaborative" with residents, leaders, and community-based organizations (CBOs) from majority-Latinx, low-income communities in three California counties (Marin/Merced/San Francisco). The collaborative met monthly to discuss barriers/facilitators for COVID-19 testing, and plan mass testing events informed by San Francisco's Unidos en Salud "test and respond" model, offering community-based COVID-19 testing and post-test support in two US-census tracts: Canal (Marin) and Planada (Merced). We evaluated implementation using the RE-AIM framework. To further assess testing barriers, we surveyed a random sample of residents who did not attend the events.
resultsFifty-five residents and CBO staff participated in the Latino collaborative. Leading facilitators identified to increase testing were extended hours of community-based testing and financial support during isolation. In March-April 2021, 1,217 people attended mass-testing events over 13 days: COVID-19 positivity was 3% and 1% in Canal and Planada, respectively. The RE-AIM evaluation found: census tract testing coverage of 4.2% and 6.3%, respectively; 90% of event attendees were Latino, 89% had household income <$50,000/year, and 44% first-time testers (reach), effectiveness in diagnosing symptomatic cases early (median isolation time: 7 days) and asymptomatic COVID-19 (41% at diagnosis), high adoption by CBOs in both counties, implementation of rapid testing (median: 17.5 minutes) and disclosure, and post-event maintenance of community-based testing. Among 265 non-attendees surveyed, 114 (43%) reported they were aware of the event: reasons for non-attendance among the 114 were insufficient time (32%), inability to leave work (24%), and perceptions that testing was unnecessary post-vaccination (24%) or when asymptomatic (25%).
conclusionCommunity-engaged mass "test and respond" events offer a reproducible approach to rapidly increase COVID-19 testing access in low-income, Latinx communities.
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