# ORALE COVID-19!: Organizaciones para Reducir, Avanzar y Lograr Equidad contra el COVID-19 (Organizations to Reduce, and to Advance, and Lead for Equity against COVID-19)

> **NIH NIH P30** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · 2020 · $3,750,373

## Abstract

Abstract:
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the already underserved Latinx communities. The
overall goal of the proposed testing research project is to decrease disparities in the morbidity and mortality
patterns for COVID-19 through engaged partnerships with several communities in central California that are
both historically underserved and vulnerable to COVID-19, namely the Latinx. These communities currently are
experiencing infection rates that are three times higher than whites, and are among the highest in the U.S.
They also are among the most socially and economically disadvantaged, have high rates of co-morbidities
such as diabetes and asthma, live in overcrowded housing, and reside in some of the most polluted areas of
the country. A high proportion are undocumented and employed in food production, especially farm labor,
performing essential work that has been a backbone of the California economy, while simultaneously being
marginalized. The proposed research will build upon long-term existing partnerships with an array of
community-based organizations and trusted leaders in Latinx communities to develop interventions that
address the barriers to SARS-CoV2 diagnostics, as part of a larger strategy to reduce transmission and control
the pandemic in the Latinx population of central California. Because of the dynamic changes in incidence,
shifting hubs of transmission, and policy changes from authorities, a comparator trial of different community-
developed interventions is needed to provide information on which actions are feasible, acceptable, and
effective. Hence, comparisons will be made between the Latinx population and whites in the same counties,
and among Latinx persons from counties having different interventions, with adjustment for infection incidence
rates and trajectories, as well as local policy changes and government interventions. We will pursue the overall
goal with the following specific aims: 1) Determine the epidemiology of COVID-19 infections, COVID-19 related
mortality, and SARS-CoV-2 testing rates in selected Latinx and white non-Latinx communities of targeted
California counties, 2) Develop strategies to increase testing and reduce rates of infection in the targeted areas
in collaboration with community partners and, 3) Disseminate information and knowledge gained from this
project back to partnering communities, other grantees from this and other COVID-19 initiatives by full
participation in RADx-UP Coordinating Data and Collection Center (CDCC), to the broad public, and to policy-
makers. Experience and knowledge gained through achievement of these aims will set a firm foundation for
subsequent research on COVID-19 and health disparities and will help to prepare communities to meet the
challenges of future public health crises.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10233769
- **Project number:** 3P30ES023513-06S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
- **Principal Investigator:** Irva Hertz-Picciotto
- **Activity code:** P30 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $3,750,373
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2020-09-24 → 2023-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10233769

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10233769, ORALE COVID-19!: Organizaciones para Reducir, Avanzar y Lograr Equidad contra el COVID-19 (Organizations to Reduce, and to Advance, and Lead for Equity against COVID-19) (3P30ES023513-06S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10233769. Licensed CC0.

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