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When David Hicks, DO, MPH, deputy health officer for Jefferson County in Alabama, was asked in an interview a month before the release of the first COVID-19 vaccine if he would get it, he said he didn t yet have the information to make an informed decision.
Now he does. Vaccines were approved, he did his research, and he got vaccinated. Now each day he s out front of his community sharing what he s learned and recounting his experience.
In consultation with bioethicists, Hicks and his colleagues have crafted what he calls an all-hands-on-deck strategy, enlisting faith leaders, family physicians, community advocates, and other influencers to provide people with the information they need to make sound decisions – as opposed to trying to dictate what they must do.
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UAB recently researched the perception of the coronavirus by the state s minority communities. (Shutterstock)
BIRMINGHAM, AL New research by the University of Alabama at Birmingham was published recently examining the impact of COVID-19 on African Americans living in minority communities in Alabama.
The study was conducted by investigators Lori Bateman, Ph.D., and Yu-Mei Schoenberger, Ph.D., as part of community engagement initiatives of UAB s Obesity Health Disparities Research Center.
Early in the pandemic, virtual focus groups were conducted in five urban and rural Alabama communities to hear the concerns and roadblocks about the virus, COVID precautions, and testing that residents were experiencing. Their research found that gaining community members perspectives to identify barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 related to prevention, coping and testing may potentially improve outcomes.