A Community Partnered Approach to Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Equity

Scott, Taylor; Gutschow, Benjamin; Ragavan, Maya I.; Ho, Ken; Massart, Mylynda; Ripper, Lisa; Muthama, Victor; Miller, Elizabeth; Bey, Jamil; Abernathy, Rev Paul

doi:10.1177/15248399211029954

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“…This reaffirms the importance of developing community-academic collaborations around COVID-19 vaccines, so community members can engage with researchers in bi-directional learning, like through community town halls. 22 Collaborating with community partners helped ensure that we included relevant information sources on the survey, and were able to recruit expeditiously. Using more iterative and flexible survey designs, which allow for editing/revising questions may be helpful for a community-partnered approach.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study was conducted through a communityacademic partnership focused on promoting vaccine equity in Southwestern Pennsylvania called the Community Vaccine Collaborative (CVC). 22 The CVC was founded in July 2021 The CVC engages in principles of CBPR including cocreation of research ideas, attending to positionality, creating a safe space for communities to challenge researchers, elevating community priorities, and dismantling power inequities. [19][20][21][22] For example, the CVC is co-led by community partners and researcher representation is limited to ensure this space reflects community priorities.…”

Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…22 The CVC was founded in July 2021 The CVC engages in principles of CBPR including cocreation of research ideas, attending to positionality, creating a safe space for communities to challenge researchers, elevating community priorities, and dismantling power inequities. [19][20][21][22] For example, the CVC is co-led by community partners and researcher representation is limited to ensure this space reflects community priorities. Researcher leads have deep expertise in community-partnered work.…”

Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

confidence: 99%

“…More information about the CVC, particularly the way we incorporate principles of CBPR, is available elsewhere. 22 The CVC developed a workgroup focused on vaccine trustworthiness with the goal of shifting the paradigm from asking marginalized communities to trust the COVID-19…”

Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

confidence: 99%

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COVID-19 Information Sources for Black and Latine Communities: A Community Co-created Survey

Ragavan¹,

Ripper²,

Davidson³

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Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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he coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disproportionately impacts Black and Latine communities, who are experiencing health and economic ramifications of the pandemic at higher rates compared with non-Hispanic white communities. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Ensuring equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine is critical to reducing these disparities and improving health. Mistrust of medical professionals, research institutions, and governmental agencies

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Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

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Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Community Partnership: Community Vaccine Collaborativementioning

confidence: 99%

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COVID-19 Information Sources for Black and Latine Communities: A Community Co-created Survey

Ragavan¹,

Ripper²,

Davidson³

et al. 2022

Progress in Community Health Partnerships

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“…59–61 Other partnerships see these same COVID-19 equity opportunities and have formed or shifted their focus with an aim to address similar challenges. 62 , 63…”

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Orange County, California COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Best Practices Checklist: A Community-Centered Call to Action for Equitable Vaccination Practices

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Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated longstanding inequities throughout the United States, disproportionately concentrating adverse social, economic, and health-related outcomes among low-income communities and communities of color. Inequitable distribution, prioritization, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines due to systemic and organizational barriers add to these disproportionate impacts across the United States. Similar patterns have been observed within Orange County, California (OC). Methods: In response to COVID-19 vaccine inequities unfolding locally, the Orange County Health Equity COVID-19 community–academic partnership generated a tool to guide a more equitable vaccine approach. Contents of the OC vaccine equity best practices checklist emerged through synthesis of community-level knowledge about vaccine inequities, literature regarding equitable vaccination considerations, and practice-based health equity guides. We combined into a memo: the checklist, a written explanation of its goals and origins, and three specific action steps meant to further strengthen the focus on vaccine equity. The memo was endorsed by partnership members and distributed to county officials. Discussion: Since the initial composition of the checklist, the local vaccine distribution approach has shifted, suggesting that equitable pandemic responses require continual re-evaluation of local needs and adjustments to recommendations as new information emerges. To understand and address structural changes needed to reduce racial and socioeconomic inequities exacerbated by the pandemic, authentic partnerships between community, academic, and public health practice partners are necessary. Conclusion: As we face continued COVID-19 vaccine rollout, booster vaccination, and future pandemic challenges, community knowledge and public health literature should be integrated to inform similar equity-driven strategic actions.

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Exploring COVID‐19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long‐term care staff: A scoping review

Murmann

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Scott

et al. 2023

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BackgroundDespite the demonstrated efficacy of approved COVID‐19 vaccines, high levels of hesitancy were observed in the first few months of the COVID‐19 vaccines' rollout. Factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy are well‐described in the literature. Among the various strategies for promoting vaccine confidence, educational interventions provide a foundationally and widely implemented set of approaches for supporting individuals in their vaccine decisions. However, the evidence around the measurable impact of various educational strategies to improve vaccine confidence is limited. We conducted a scoping review with the aim of exploring and characterizing educational interventions delivered during the pandemic to support COVID‐19 vaccine confidence in adults.MethodsWe developed a search strategy with a medical information scientist and searched five databases, including Ovid MEDLINE and Web of Science, as well as grey literature. We considered all study designs and reports. Interventions delivered to children or adolescents, interventions on non‐COVID‐19 vaccines, as well as national or mass vaccination campaigns without documented interaction(s) between facilitator(s) and a specific audience were excluded. Articles were independently screened by three reviewers. After screening 4602 titles and abstracts and 174 full‐text articles across two rounds of searches, 22 articles met our inclusion criteria. Ten additional studies were identified through hand searching. Data from included studies were charted and results were described narratively.ResultsWe included 32 studies and synthesized their educational delivery structure, participants (i.e., facilitators and priority audience), and content. Formal, group‐based presentations were the most common type of educational intervention in the included studies (75%). A third of studies (34%) used multiple strategies, with many formal group‐based presentations being coupled with additional individual‐based interventions (29%). Given the novelty of the COVID‐19 vaccines and the unique current context, studies reported personalized conversations, question periods, and addressing misinformation as important components of the educational approaches reviewed.ConclusionsVarious educational interventions were delivered during the COVID‐19 pandemic, with many initiatives involving multifaceted interventions utilizing both formal and informal approaches that leveraged community (cultural, religious) partnerships when developing and facilitating COVID‐19 vaccine education. Train‐the‐trainer approaches with recognized community members could be of value as trust and personal connections were identified as strong enablers throughout the review.

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A Community Partnered Approach to Promoting COVID-19 Vaccine Equity

Cited by 22 publications

References 5 publications

COVID-19 Information Sources for Black and Latine Communities: A Community Co-created Survey

COVID-19 Information Sources for Black and Latine Communities: A Community Co-created Survey

Orange County, California COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Best Practices Checklist: A Community-Centered Call to Action for Equitable Vaccination Practices

Exploring COVID‐19 education to support vaccine confidence amongst the general adult population with special considerations for healthcare and long‐term care staff: A scoping review

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