Expanding COVID-19 vaccine access to underserved populations through implementation of mobile vaccination units.
COVID
Mobile vaccine clinic
Underserved populations
Journal
Preventive medicine
ISSN: 1096-0260
Titre abrégé: Prev Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0322116
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 2022
10 2022
Historique:
received:
30
11
2021
revised:
17
08
2022
accepted:
21
08
2022
pubmed:
28
8
2022
medline:
14
9
2022
entrez:
27
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted underserved populations, including racial/ethnic minorities. Prior studies have demonstrated that mobile health units are effective at expanding preventive services for hard-to-reach populations, but this has not been studied in the context of COVID-19 vaccination. Our objective was to determine if voluntary participants who access mobile COVID-19 vaccination units are more likely to be racial/ethnic minorities and adolescents compared with the general vaccinated population. We conducted a cross-sectional study of individuals who presented to three different mobile COVID-19 vaccination units in the Greater Boston area from May 20, 2021, to August 18, 2021. We acquired data regarding the general vaccinated population in the state and of target communities from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. We used chi-square testing to compare the demographic characteristics of mobile vaccination unit participants and the general state and community populations that received COVID-19 vaccines during the same time period. We found that during this three-month period, mobile vaccination units held 130 sessions and administered 2622 COVID-19 vaccine doses to 1982 unique participants. The median (IQR) age of participants was 31 (16-46) years, 1016 (51%) were female, 1575 (80%) were non-White, and 1126 (57%) were Hispanic. Participants in the mobile vaccination units were more likely to be younger (p < 0.001), non-White race (p < 0.001), and Hispanic ethnicity (p < 0.001) compared with the general vaccinated population of the state and target communities. This study suggests that mobile vaccination units have the potential to improve access to COVID-19 vaccination for diverse populations.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36029925
pii: S0091-7435(22)00275-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107226
pmc: PMC9404072
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
COVID-19 Vaccines
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
107226Subventions
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : K24 HL159680
Pays : United States
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : P50 CA244433
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare no competing financial interests.
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