Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics - Underserved Populations (RADx-UP): Increasing representation of Black communities in COVID-19 home testing and surveillance data. Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics - Underserved Populations (RADx-UP): Increasing representation of Black communities in COVID-19 home testing and surveillance data

Black communities in the U.S. have disproportionately experienced adverse outcomes attributable to the COVID-19 pandemic. While COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined in recent months, emergent variants continue to pose threats to the health of Black communities and others. COVID-19 testing has recently shifted from primarily point-of-care testing to widespread use of rapid home antigen tests. Home testing may be preferable to clinic-based testing for Black persons, many of whom have a high degree of well-founded, historically based mistrust of the medical system, but very little is currently known about knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding COVID-19 home testing among Black people. In addition to challenges related to affordability and accessibility of home testing, the... (for more see dbGaP study page.)