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

Johns Hopkins University · with National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Rutgers University · NCT06128928

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 18+ · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
900
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 8, 2023
Record last updated
November 12, 2025

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

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:

  • 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?
  • What are the things that make it easier or harder for Latinos and networks to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
  • 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.

Being studied: REDES; Control

Conditions: COVID-19; Vaccine

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Previously participated in the study
  • Lacks capacity to consent

Recruiting US locations

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, MD 21287

    Site contact: Kathleen Page, MD · 410-321-0909 · kpage2@jhmi.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kathleen R Page, MD · (410) 321-0909 · kpage2@jhmi.edu
  • Adrianna Moore, MSW · 410-321-0909 · adrianna.moore@jhmi.edu
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