Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward: Guidance Informed by Communities of Color comminit.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comminit.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Schoch-Spana, Hosangadi, Ravi, Trotochaud); Texas State University (
Brunson; Long); Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (
Taylor, Veenema) Is the headline, Let s overcome disparities and work together, or is the message, Let s get the vaccine distributed ? - key informant interview, November 30 2020 In the United States (US), Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities, who have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, could derive individual and systemic gains from the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. However, longstanding biases and barriers often hinder them from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. This action and accountability plan is meant to guide elected and appointed officials as they work with communities of colour to advance equity in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign. It was published by CommuniVax, an alliance of social scientists, public health experts, and community advocates who are listening to BIPOC individuals on how
Brunson); University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine (
Buttenheim); Yale Institute for Global Health, Yale School of Medicine, and Yale School of Public Health (
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Quinn) Ensuring strong demand for and promoting acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccines is critical to achieving herd immunity, protecting the most vulnerable populations, and reopening social and economic life. Since the first COVID-19 vaccine was authorised in December 2020 in the United States (US), public confidence in COVID-19 vaccines has risen relative to reported attitudes regarding a hypothetical vaccine in early 2020. However, some people are hesitant, reluctant, distrusting, or otherwise not motivated with respect to being vaccinated. It is this group who may be most receptive to communication intervention: to resources, information, and support for making the vaccination decision that is right for them. Produced through the Societal Experts Act