COVID CommUNITY South Asian: Investigating Vaccine Access, Immunogenicity, Effectiveness, and Safety among South Asians in Ontario and British Columbia
The objectives of this study are:
* To determine the frequency of SARS-CoV-2 infections from the onset of the pandemic to present,
* To determine the proportion who have been offered and/or received a COVID-19 vaccine,
* To determine the immunogenicity in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or vaccination,
* To determine the proportion who have had a severe short-term safety issues attributable to the COVID-19 vaccine,
* To determine the proportion who are hesitant or refuse to take the vaccine, and the underlying reasons,
* To determine regional, socioeconomic, and health factors that affect infection and vaccine rates including occupation type, income, household density, and chronic disease co-morbidities (i.e. hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD) that affect COVID-19,
* To evaluate the use of culturally-tailored COVID-19 information tool-kits which contain information regarding COVID-19 transmission and prevention (physical distancing, masking, vaccines) through digital media analytics, social network analysis, and in-depth interviews of citizens, health-care providers, and community leaders.
Overview
- Acronym
- COVIDCommUNITY-SA
- Website
- COVIDCommUNITY-SA
- Investigators
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- Contacts
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General Design
- Study design
- Cohort
- Start - End Year
- 2021 -
- General Information on Follow Up (profile, frequency)
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Participants were followed up for 6 to 12 months.
- Recruitment Target
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- Individuals
- Number of Participants
- 3,000
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Population
COVIDCommUNITY-SA population
The population is composed of individuals who self identify as South Asian (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh) who are 18 years old and older, who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and have worse outcomes from COVID-19 infection compared to other groups who were recruited at vaccine or assessment centres and from on-going prospective cohort studies.
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Countries
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- Canada
- Canadian Provinces
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- British Columbia
- Ontario
- Ethnic Origin
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- Inclusion criteria: Self identifies as South Asian
- Other Criteria
- Exclusion criteria: If study assessment cannot be completed such as dried blood sample (DBS)
Sources of Recruitment
- Specific Population
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- Other specific population : Participants identified on-site at the Vaccine/Assessment Centres
- Participants from Existing Studies
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- COVID CommUNITY prospective cohort studies
- Supplementary Information
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Participants were recruited for this study from de Novo recruitment from vaccine centres in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Greater Vancouver Area (GVA) and by re-contacting participants in their on-going prospective cohort studies, consent was obtained verbally over the telephone, electronically via RedCap, or in-person. Individuals will be invited to participate regardless if they intended to receive a COVID-19 vaccine or not.
Data Collection Events
| # | Name | Data sources | Data sources - Biosamples | Start | End |
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| 0 | COVIDCommUNITY-SA - Baseline |
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2021 (April) | 2021 (December) |
| 1 | COVIDCommUNITY-SA - 6 months follow-up |
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2021 (November) | 2022 (June) |
| 2 | COVIDCommUNITY-SA - 12 months follow-up |
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2022 (April) | 2022 (December) |
Participating Studies
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Harmonization Initiatives Included
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Datasets
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Areas of Information Collected
- Socio-demographic and economic characteristics
- Death
- Lifestyle and behaviours
- Physical measures and assessments
- Birth, pregnancy and reproductive health history
- Laboratory measures
- Perception of health, quality of life, development and functional limitations
- Cognition, personality and psychological measures and assessments
- Diseases
- Life events, life plans, beliefs and values
- Symptoms and signs
- Preschool, school and work life
- Medication and supplements
- Social environment and relationships
- Non-pharmacological interventions
- Physical environment
- Health and community care services utilization
- Administrative information
Variables Content Summary
Areas of Information Collected
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Areas of Information Collected per per Population and Data Collection Event
No Areas of Information Collected
No Scales Collected
Networks
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