Supported Employment to Create a Community Culture of COVID-19 Rapid Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs: PeerConnect2Test
Supported Employment to Create a Community Culture of COVID-19 Rapid Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs: PeerConnect2Test
This community-engaged project aims to improve the accessibility of rapid tests through a supported employment program for people who inject drugs (PWID). The overall goal is to develop a transformative community-driven intervention in partnership with a community partner to promote widespread access to rapid testing among PWID.
The program is called Peer Connect2Test (PeerC2T). PWID will be recruited by a community partner who provides syringe exchange services. The community partner will train PWID to become peer health workers (PHW) to distribute SARS-CoV-2 rapid tests to other PWID. Investigators expect that PeerC2T will improve knowledge, self-efficacy, and health behaviors among PHWs.
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