CRISOL Contigo: a Multi-level Intervention to Reduce the Disproportionate Toll of COVID-19 Among Latino Communities in Philadelphia.

A community popular opinion leader (POL) based intervention to promote measures to reduce COVID-19 risk, transmission, access to testing and treatment, reduction of the impact of COVID-19, and addressing the Substance Abuse, Violence, HIV/AIDS, and MEntal health (SAVAME) syndemic in the community. POLs will interact within their networks counseling regarding COVID-19 and SAVAME factors. The POLs will refer individuals to appropriate community services. POLs will record basic sociodemographic characteristics of all community contacts, the issue addressed, and their response to it. The first 300 community contacts will be invited to complete a baseline and 3-month follow up surveys (via internet or phone). The content of the surveys includes: 1) COVID-19 related questions (knowledge, impact, symptoms, risk factors, access to testing and care, acceptability contact tracing, vaccine) 2) Biological risk factors, 3) Social determinants of health, 4) SAVAME outcomes and access to services.