JABA has joined the national CV19 Educate America Campaign to help inform the elders, caregivers, and families we serve about CV19 CheckUp, an online system developed to help Americans be safer, healthier, and ensure their individual needs are met during the pandemic.

CV19 CheckUp is a hyper-personalized online system that evaluates an individual’s risk levels associated with COVID-19 and provides recommendations and resources to reduce those risks. The tool was developed to help Americans be safer, healthier, and ensure their individual needs are met during the pandemic.

“CV19 CheckUp fills a critical need for our community,” said JABA CEO Marta Keane. “It offers our community a comprehensive resource that educates, informs, and advises them, one-by-one, about how to help protect themselves from COVID-19.”

CV19 CheckUp employs artificial intelligence to analyze data each person provides by completing an online questionnaire. It is designed for those who are considered high risk, including older adults, low-income individuals, ethnic and racial minorities, and LGBTQ communities. The tool’s algorithms are driven by science and use data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). CV19 CheckUp is free to users. It is confidential and does not require a name, email address, or identifier of any type.

Upon completion of the questionnaire, CV19 CheckUp immediately delivers a personalized report. The report answers questions such as:

●  How likely am I to get COVID-19 or spread it to others?

●  If I get COVID-19, how severe would it likely be?

●  What steps can I take to reduce my risks of getting COVID-19?

●  Where can I find help to ensure my needs are met during the pandemic?

Through CV19 CheckUp, governments and health organizations will also receive valuable intelligence about their audiences and key stakeholders. These data will facilitate developing methods that help target populations at high risk for COVID-19. Data are confidential, and findings can be used to gain insights on:

●     What people know and believe about the pandemic

●  Compliance levels with recommended safety protocols

●  Behaviors by location, race, ethnicity, economic status, etc.

●  Unmet needs for health care, social services, financial support

Jim Firman, chief innovation officer for BellAge, explained that CV19 CheckUp was developed to fill an urgent public need. “It is very difficult for people to find information relevant to their personal situation. The average person has to spend a lot of time and effort on numerous websites, digging through pages of information looking for answers,” said Firman. “CV19 CheckUp does the work for them. We developed a hyper-personalized tool that makes it easy for anyone to understand their level of risk and take steps to reduce those risks. Our goal is to educate 92 million high-risk Americans, one by one.”

The individualized approach that defines CV19 CheckUp will deliver much-needed support to the more than 92 million Americans, age 50 and older, who are hardest hit by COVID-19. The CDC described people in this age group as being at higher risk of severe or fatal consequences if they are infected with COVID-19. 

The CV19 CheckUp is available nationwide at www.CV19CheckUp.org.