Track COVID at Home! is a web-based health study about how COVID-19 is spread between people who live together. People who just received a test result that shows they have COVID-19 (also known as a positive test) and the people that they live with, are being asked to be in this research study. The study will last about six weeks. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is sponsoring the study. Westat, a research company based in Rockville, Maryland, is managing the study and collecting information from you and the people you live with.
All of the questions and forms to complete are on the study website. We want everyone you live with to be in the study if possible. The study will start when most of the people you live with agree to do the study. Once you agree to be a part of the study, you will be asked to create an account. Everyone will create an account and use it to log into the website.
Once you agree to be a part of the study, you will be asked create an account. Everyone in your household will create an account and use it to log into the website.
After creating an account, we will ask you to answer questions about yourself and your health. We also ask about which ways you think you have a chance of getting COVID-19 and if you have received a COVID-19 vaccine.
We will send study supplies to you. You and everyone in your household can collect COVID-19 samples (by a swab in your nose or a saliva sample), collect a small sample of blood, and answer questions about your health for 10 days.
You will send back your completed COVID-19 test kits to the laboratory for testing using the overnight mailing packages that we give you.
After 4 weeks, we will again send study supplies so that you can collect another small sample of blood.
Each person who completes all of the study activities can receive up to $100 as a thank you for your time.
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Leave a message with your full name, and mention that you are calling about the Track COVID at Home study, and your phone number beginning with the area code. Someone will return your call as soon as possible.
1-888-920-7631
The study is sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and you can find more information about this study on the CDC website.
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If you have any technical difficulties or have questions, we are available to help you right away! Please don’t hesitate to contact study staff by phone at 1-855-981-0720 or email at trackCOVIDathome@westat.com.