An RCT Testing a Health Literacy Intervention to Reduce Disparities in Access to Care Among Minority Justice-Involved Adults
Victoria D. Ojeda
Summary
The goal of this randomized intervention study is to learn about effective health literacy teaching methods in Justice Involved Adults (JIA). Researchers will compare coach-guided health literacy or self-study design to see if there is a difference in the access and use of healthcare in this population. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will this improve access and use of heath services? * Will this improve health insurance coverage and long term use of health services? Participants will: * Meet with a health coach and service navigator during 12 sessions or meet with service navigator and complete online training over 12 weeks. * Complete surveys at different time (6months, 1 year)
Description
Health literacy refers to the skills needed to effectively access, understand, and use health resources. Inadequate health literacy annually costs the U.S. $100-$200 billion and is observed among justice involved adults (JIA)-a group of \~20 million U.S. persons who are disproportionately non-elderly and African American, Black, and Hispanic due to systemic racism and over-policing. JIA face numerous barriers in accessing healthcare which contributes to a high, lifelong burden of chronic and infectious disease. Healthcare access is defined as 1) having health insurance coverage, 2) having a re…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provision of signed and dated informed consent form 2. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study 3. Persons, aged 18 and over 4. Resident of San Diego County 5. Not incarcerated at time of enrollment 6. Justice involved in the past 3 years (on parole, probation, court diverted) 7. Understands English 8. Access to a cell phone Exclusion Criteria: 1. Under the age of 18 years old 2. Not a resident of San Diego County 3. Incarcerated at enrollment 4. Not justice-involved within the last 3 years (i.e., not on pro…
Interventions
- BehavioralUCSD RELINK
UCSD RELINK coach-guided health literacy intervention and in-person service navigation assistance
- BehavioralSelf-study
Self-studying of programmatic information and list of service referrals
Locations (2)
- Center for employment opportunitiesSan Diego, California
- San Diego Probation DepartmentSan Diego, California