Public Service Announcement - Sharing Your Long Covid Stories Could Benefit Others

 

 

Wright Enterprises-Community Spotlight (Greatest Message of All time)                        August 20, 2022

 

W.E. COMMUNITY NEWS

 

Equity & Inclusion   Can Picking Up the Phone Save Lives & Provide Long COVID Cures? UCSF & Partners' Study To Find Out

 

 

UCSF Source: Suzanne Leigh; (415) 680-5133  suzanne.leigh@ucsf.edu   De Alba Communications Sources: Victoria Sanchez De Alba; (650) 270-7810 victoria@dealba.net   Jackie Wright; (415) 525-0410 wrightnow.biz@gmail.com   San Francisco, San Mateo Co. Residents Urged to Share Long COVID Stories Patient Responses May Influence Services and Funding; Help Experts Understand Causes, Treatment, Prevention   UC San Francisco, San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and San Mateo County Health (SMC Health) are partnering with local community groups in a quest to learn about long COVID. To achieve this, researchers from the project, Let’s Figure Out Long COVID – Tell Us Your Story, Bay Area, will be calling local residents of all ethnicities and backgrounds who previously had COVID.   Long COVID, also known as post-acute sequelae of SARS-COv-2 (PASC), refers to both physical and mental health symptoms that last long after an initial infection. Those symptoms may start during infection and never go away or may appear weeks or months afterwards. Common complaints include fatigue, shortness of breath, pain, problems with concentration, depression and anxiety.

 

 

The goals of the project are to learn how common long COVID is in the community -- information that is critical in impacting funding for local health departments and services for those debilitated by the condition -- as well as to learn what causes it, and how to prevent and treat it.   In Phase I of the project, researchers will call San Francisco and San Mateo County adult residents who had COVID at least three months ago. Whether they have fully recovered or still have symptoms, their experiences will inform researchers about the frequency of long COVID. All ethnic groups and neighborhoods will be represented, and researchers are especially interested in hearing from Black/African American, Latino, Pacific Islander and Native American communities who have experienced higher rates of infections, hospitalizations and deaths than other groups.   UCSF

 

 

In Phase II, some people who were previously interviewed will be asked to join a more detailed research study sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health. This study, called RECOVER (Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery), will last three to four years. Study participants will be compensated for their time.    For Complete News Release Click UCSF Website Post: https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2022/08/423451/san-francisco-san-mateo-co-residents-urged-share-long-covid-stories   Can Picking up the Phone Save Lives?-PRLOG.ORG