COVID-19 Treatment Cascade Optimization Study
Funded by: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Project dates: January 2022 - December 2024
Principal Investigator: Windsor, LiliProject dates: January 2022 - December 2024
Principal Investigator: Benoit, Ellen
Principal Investigator: Pinto RM
Principal Investigator: Harper JJ
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Little is known about the acceptability of COVID-19 testing in low-income and racial/ethnic minority neighborhoods, where residents experience increased barriers to prevention and treatment (e.g., unstable housing, higher risk jobs). In this hybrid effectiveness / implementation study, community members and researchers worked together as partners with a community-based organization in Illinois and one in New Jersey to test an intervention to increase COVID-19 testing and adherence to CDC COVID-19 treatment and prevention recommendations.
Abstract on NIH RePORTERRelated Publications
Jones HA, Campbell JM, Benoit E, Cheng AL, Windsor L (2025). Medical trustworthiness and COVID-19: Examining health beliefs and vaccine uptake in disinvested Black communities
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities [Epub 2025 Nov 14]. doi: 10.1007/s40615-025-02742-w.
Pinto RM, Windsor L, Benoit E (2024).
Participation in critical dialogues with illustrative images increases knowledge about COVID-19 prevention: A mixed methods longitudinal approach
Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 18 (3), 304-317. doi: 10.1177/15586898241254560.
Windsor L, Benoit E, Pinto RM, Sarol J (2022).
Optimization of a new adaptive intervention using the SMART Design to increase COVID-19 testing among people at high risk in an urban community
Trials, 23 (1), 310. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06216-w. PMCID: PMC9009493.