COVID-19 Testing and Contact Tracing Health Equity Guidebook

This guidebook was designed to increase equity and access in COVID-19 testing and contact tracing in Virginia. The guidelines included a health equity framework, recommendations for working with communities, common barriers to COVID-19 testing faced by the most at-risk populations, and how to identify areas with unmet testing needs. Descriptions of how to determine appropriate interventions for testing, contact tracing, and building trusting community relationships are included.

Resource Details

• Population: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Persons|People Living in Rural Areas|People With Disabilities
• Topics of Practice: Contact Tracing|Outreach/ Education/ Communications|Testing
• Outcomes of Interest: Reduction of Health Disparities
• Level of Evidence: Emerging
• Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
• Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context
• Outside of US: No