Xavier RCMI Renewal Application-Overall

路易斯安那州泽维尔大学的研究人员提出了一个诊所、医疗保健机构和 基于社区调查的研究项目，以评估以下信念和行为 年非洲裔美国人接种预期新冠肺炎疫苗的意愿 路易斯安那州东南部地区。新冠肺炎疫情给全球带来了不成比例的影响 美国各地的非裔美国人。路易斯安那州人均排名全国第一 新冠肺炎的发病情况。非洲裔美国人占所有已知死亡人数的50%以上 新冠肺炎患者在该州，而只占人口的32%左右。与 新冠肺炎疫苗研发在即，对非洲的迫切评估 美国社区需要为接种疫苗做好准备，以告知药剂师领导的 将提高疫苗接种率的干预模式。这项建议的具体目标是： 具体目标#1：确定疫苗迟疑的因素和疫苗可能被接受的可能性 在路易斯安那州东南部的成年非裔美国人社区接种新冠肺炎疫苗。 具体目标#2：评估新冠肺炎的个人和财务影响，了解 新冠肺炎，以及与新冠肺炎有关的医疗保健系统的经验。 具体目标#3：利用目标#1和目标#2的结果通知社区药剂师 在药剂师疫苗接种员中开展认证课程和药剂师主导干预模式。 方法：具体目标#1和#2将在研究开始时通过调查进行评估， 9个月后从诊所、社区成员和社区进行的简短跟踪调查 药房患者受访者。疫苗迟疑的变化及其对疫苗的影响 摄取量将被确定。目标3将由药剂师主导的教育干预进行评估 药店干预前后疫苗接种率监测模型。 影响：这一拟议项目的影响是理解与健康相关的信念和 与新冠肺炎和疫苗接种相关的行为及其对可能感染艾滋病病毒的影响 非裔美国人中的新冠肺炎疫苗。它还将提供数据，以促进 制定战略，改善易受感染社区的新冠肺炎疫苗接种 社区药剂师作为疫苗接种员，具有前后分析计划，以评估 干预成功了。这笔赠款还将促进培训早期调查人员和 使卫生研究人员队伍多样化，因为大多数研究人员都在 代表不足的少数群体和/或妇女。

The investigators at Xavier University of Louisiana propose a clinic, health care institution, and community survey-based research project to assess the beliefs and behavior regarding willingness to be vaccinated with a prospective COVID-19 vaccine among African Americans in the Southeastern Louisiana region. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the African Americans across the United States. Louisiana ranks 1st in the nation in per capita incidence of COVID-19. African Americans make up over 50% of the deaths of all known COVID-19 patients in the state, while only representing about 32% of the population. With the development of a COVID-19 vaccine on the near horizon, an urgent assessment of the African American community’s readiness for vaccine uptake is needed to inform a pharmacist-led intervention model that will increase vaccine uptake. The Specific Aims of this proposal are: Specific Aim #1: To identify factors of vaccine hesitancy and the potential acceptance of a COVID-19 vaccine among the adult African-American community in Southeastern Louisiana. Specific Aim #2: To assess the personal and financial impact of COVID-19, knowledge of COVID-19, as well as experience with the healthcare system with regards to COVID-19. Specific Aim #3: To use the results of Aim #1 and #2 to inform a community pharmacist certification course and a pharmacist led intervention model among pharmacist vaccinators. Method: Specific Aim #1 and #2 will be assessed by a survey at the start of the study with an abbreviated follow-up survey 9 months later from clinic, community member and community pharmacy patient respondents. Changes in vaccine hesitancy and the impact on vaccine uptake will be determined. Aim #3 will be assessed by a pharmacist led education intervention model with vaccine uptake surveillance pre and post the intervention in the pharmacies. Impact: The implications of this proposed project are to understand health related beliefs and behaviors related to COVID-19 and vaccination and their impact on the likely uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine among African Americans. It will also provide data to facilitate the development of strategies to improve COVID-19 vaccination in a vulnerable community with community pharmacists as vaccinators with a pre-and post analysis plan to assess the intervention’s success. This grant will also facilitate training early stage investigators and diversify the health research workforce as the majority of researchers are among underrepresented minorities and/or women.