A community network-driven COVID-19 testing and vaccination intervention for vulnerable populations in the Central United States: results from a Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Underserved Populations randomized controlled trial
Social network referral successfully engaged communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in testing and vaccination. Compared to SNS alone, adding educational messaging did not increase testing or vaccination. Additional work is needed to implement SNS to increase vaccination rates among vulnerable populations.
Authors
- Scott Fletcher
- En‐Ling Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-6277)
- Matthew C. Aalsma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5952-6785)
- Mainza Durrell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2223-9093)
- Suzan M. Walters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2975-2893)
- Amelia Knopf (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2557-4556)
- Michael P. Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3970-514X)
- Victoria Umutoni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8141-3576)
- Gjvar Payne
- Nickolas Zaller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7363-3437)
- Michelle M. Johns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9057-2752)
- Russell Brewer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1062-3717)
- Xiaoquan Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0264-6262)
- Gregory Phillips (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8396-1170)
- Matthew Bucala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-9842)
- Heather K. Horton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9816-3910)
- Jeannette Webb
- Chandler C Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8347-5201)
- Jerome Montgomery
- J. Schneider (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0553-3447)
- Michelle Birkett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0960-6327)
- Kavita Bhavan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-6425)
- Maria N. Pyra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1783-0943)
- Sarah Hodge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4417-4593)
- O’Dell Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3049-924X)
- Jillian Smartt
- Alida Bouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2087-3151)
- Aniruddha Hazra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8557-4465)
- Monal Shah
- Tamika C. B. Zapolski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-560X)
- Anna Hotton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4570-8155)
- Ellen Almirol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9340-8635)
- Mai T. Pho
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- Indiana University Health (US)
- Parkland Health & Hospital System (US)
- North Carolina State University (US)
- George Mason University (US)
- Vidant Health (US)
- North Central State College (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Social Action (NG)
- Arkansas Department of Health (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
- Capitol Technology University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaf134
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00