Evaluating the Impact of Language Concordance on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Contact Tracing Outcomes Among Spanish-Speaking Adults in San Francisco Between June and November 2020.

Amity EliazAlden H BlairYea-Hung ChenAlicia FernandezAlexandra ErnstJoy MirjahangirJessica CelentanoDarpun SachdevWayne EnanoriaMichael J A Reid

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)

We evaluated the impact of language concordance-clinician or public health worker fluency in a patient's primary language-on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracing outcomes among 2668 Spanish-speaking adults in San Francisco. Language concordance was associated with 20% greater odds of COVID-19 testing and 53% greater odds of support service referrals.

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