Project 2VIDA! COVID-19 Vaccine Intervention Delivery for Adults in Southern California

The 2VIDA! working group has developed culturally competent COVID-19 educational and outreach materials (available printed and electronically) in English and Spanish that are written at the 8th grade level (the average reading level of adults in the United States) that peer-health educators will distributed to community members during their visits to the participating SYH community centers, door-to-door, local supermarkets, and CBO's in the selected communities. These materials have general information on COVID-19 as well as educational information and resources regarding COVID-19 prevention, symptoms, testing, contact tracing, COVID-19 vaccine (how it works, technology used, administration \[2-dose series and importance of vaccine completion\]), safety concerns, benefits, dispelling common misconceptions and misinformation, and other topics identified based on community needs. This information will be updated monthly to ensure the most up to date information.

Peer-health educators will work with local CBO's and facilitate a combination of live broadcast sessions, pre-recorded webinars, social media posts, and other outreach activities in English and Spanish reaching community members with information on the above COVID-19 related topics as well as other identified needs such as what to do if a family member is infected and where you can get the COVID-19 vaccine. The goal is to reach 10,000 viewers (per session) in the various social media platforms in the three randomly selected communities.

SYHealth will establish a COVID-19 Resource Center within the participating health centers in the three randomly selected communities (intervention sites only) providing individual COVID-19 related health education and linkages to medical and supportive services for patients and community members in need of additional education and support regarding COVID-19 disease and COVID-19 vaccine.

We will offer the COVID-19 vaccine at the participating SYHealth community health centers and pop-up vaccination stations that will be set-up in these communities (intervention sites) as part of the interventions efforts to increase access and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine. We have identified various open spaces (e.g., public parks) in these communities to set-up the vaccination stations. Additionally, data will be collected to assess individual, social, and contextual factors related to access, acceptance, and uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine.The survey will last approximately 10-15 minutes and will be self-administered in both English and Spanish. Following the survey participants will be offered the COVID-19 vaccine and will be made an automatic appointment for the 2nd dose (4-week follow-up) and will be asked to complete a 5 min survey during the follow-up visit.