- Project status
- Complete
- Contact
- Sarah Berry, Vincent Mor
- Institution web page
- https://impactcollaboratory.org/improved-testing-for-covid-19-in-skilled-nursing-facilities-impact-c/
- Host institution
- IMPACT Collaboratory Brown University School of Public Health, Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife
- Team members
- Sarah Berry (Co-PI, Hebrew SeniorLife), Vincent Mor (Co-PI, Brown University School of Public Health), David Gifford (American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living), Jill Harrison (Brown University School of Public Health), Michael Mina (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Douglas Fridsma (Inicio Health), Ed Davidson, (Insight Therapeutics), Stefan Gravenstein (Brown University Warren Alpert Medical School), Jonathan Jackson (Massachusetts General Hospital), Kimberly Johnson (Duke University School of Medicine), Rosa Baier (Brown University School of Public Health), Ana Montoya (University of Michigan Medical School), David Grabowski (Harvard Medical School), Cyrus Kosar (Brown University School of Public Health), Keith Goldfeld (New York University School of Medicine), Jasmine Travers (New York University School of Nursing), Maricruz Rivera-Hernandez (Brown University School of Public Health), Shekinah Fashaw (Brown University School of Public Health), Jeff Hiris (Brown University School of Public Health), Susan Mitchell (Hebrew SeniorLife), Elizabeth White (Brown University School of Public Health)
- Funding information (if funded)
- National Institute on Aging, IMPACT Collaboratory supplement, 3U54AG063546-02S2
- Project Summary
IMPACT-COVID-19 (IMPACT-C) has established an infrastructure to develop and evaluate SARS-CoV-2 vaccination strategies among diverse skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff. These efforts have included leveraging the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory’s Data Sharing Collaborative that includes 12 national companies with >1,000 SNFs. We have used this data to evaluate disparities in SARS-CoV-2 testing practices for SNF staff, to inform future policies on the impact of shift and race on testing practices (manuscript in progress). We have additionally completed a cluster RCT of 137 SNFs to compare the effect of a multi-component COVID-19 vaccine campaign versus usual care on the number of staff that complete COVID-19 vaccinations during the federal Pharmacy Partnership Program in the US (manuscript in press). Thus, IMPACT-C is well-poised to inform future vaccination strategies across SNFs aimed at equitable uptake for residents and staff.
- Outputs / Expected Outputs
The clinical trial for IMPACT-C was published on 31 January 2022, in JAMA Internal Medicine:
Evaluating the Findings of the IMPACT-C Randomized Clinical Trial to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage in Skilled Nursing Facilities
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2788657
- Project website
- https://impactcollaboratory.org/improved-testing-for-covid-19-in-skilled-nursing-facilities-impact-c/
- Countries
- United States
- Care setting
- Care homes/LTC facilities
- Funding type
- Public
- Impact/outcomes
- COVID-19 Infection rates | Deaths | Implementation outcomes
- Intervention types
- Modelling and data analysis to inform strategies | Preventing/controlling COVID-19 infections | Testing approaches
- Methods
- Secondary data analysis | Surveys | Trials and other evaluations
- Groups/organisations
- Care provider/care organisations | People living in care homes