Former inmates help peers fight COVID: new study tests community health worker model
NCT ID NCT04878328
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether community health workers with lived experience of incarceration could help people recently released from jail or prison get COVID-19 tests and adopt safety measures like mask-wearing and social distancing. The program included education, on-site testing, and support for finding safe housing. Researchers tracked how many participants got tested and how well they followed prevention behaviors over 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- community health worker-led education, testing, and support program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could help reduce COVID-19 spread in high-risk communities by making testing and prevention easier for people recently released from incarceration.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study with 250 participants, so results are limited in size and may not apply to all communities. The program's success depends on local resources and participant engagement.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fortune Society
Long Island City, New York, 11101, United States
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Montefiore Medical Center
The Bronx, New York, 10467, United States
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