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In Colorado, Latinos experience a different pandemic reality
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In Colorado, Latinos experience a different pandemic reality
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Examples of social media posts from Colorado residents participating in the #VaccineFactsCO campaign to encourage others to be vaccinated.
From the onset of the pandemic, it became obvious fairly quickly that COVID-19 was not affecting all communities equally. Latinos in particular dying at a rate three times higher than their white counterparts are experiencing. Vanessa Bernal said the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment recognized these inequities and approached communicating with non-English speakers more intentionally.
“As we know the pandemic exploits all of society’s vulnerabilities and makes health disparities particularly pronounced. Because social and economic inequities are so deeply embedded into our system, they require several solutions to create positive outcomes for people of color,” Bernal, Bilingual Media Specialist for the Prevention Services Divison at CDPHE said. “Because of that, the department of health has been taking several steps
More than 400 Moffat County residents received first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday at the Moffat County Fairground Pavilion as part of Public Health’s Equity Clinic.
Previously, Public Health was scheduled to receive 500 vaccinations from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for the equity clinic, which was designed to reach the more vulnerable populations within the community inside the eligible criteria.
The CDPHE offered to any Public Health department in the state to host an equity clinic, which led to Moffat County taking advantage of the opportunity to do some community outreach.
“As a frontier community, we recognize that there are equity issues within the community, so we’re trying to reach to out to people that might not otherwise be able to receive the vaccine,” Public Health Director Kari Ladrow said. “This is to get vaccines to underserved communities, whether that’s because of internet access to sign up for the vaccine,
Closing in on the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in Moffat County, Public Health says it is looking forward to shifting into the recovery phase of the pandemic, which will allow them to get back to what Public Health would do in a normal year: focus on disease prevention.
As vaccines become more readily available for Moffat County residents and cases continue to drop in 2021, Public Health hopes to be able to transition to providing immunizations, health education programs, disease prevention, and more in early spring and summer.
Typically, Public Health provides immunizations to adults, adolescents, pediatrics and pediatricians for various diseases. In 2021, Public Health says it hopes to work closely with schools to improve county vaccination rates. On top of immunizations, health education, infectious disease prevention and other overall health screenings, Public Health also looks forward to utilizing some new equipment for use on health screenings and more.
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