Reversing Inequity in Mpox Vaccine Distribution, Fulton County, Georgia, June-September 2022.


Journal

American journal of public health
ISSN: 1541-0048
Titre abrégé: Am J Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1254074

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
12 2023
Historique:
medline: 10 11 2023
pubmed: 5 10 2023
entrez: 5 10 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Racial/ethnic disparities in the administration of mpox vaccine in Fulton County, Georgia, threatened to undermine the effectiveness of the response. To counteract this inequity, the Fulton County Board of Health partnered with local agencies serving Black and Latino men who have sex with men to coordinate efforts and reserve blocks of time for clients of these agencies to receive a vaccine. The disparities were reversed and approached equity with case rates. (

Identifiants

pubmed: 37797279
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307416
pmc: PMC10632850
doi:

Substances chimiques

Smallpox Vaccine 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

1263-1266

Références

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Oct 28;71(43):1382-1883
pubmed: 36301799
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Oct 28;71(43):1379-1381
pubmed: 36301814

Auteurs

Joshua O'Neal (J)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

Jessica Lopes da Rosa (J)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

Meka Astin (M)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

David Folkes (D)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

Dewayne Crowder (D)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

David P Holland (DP)

Joshua O'Neal, Jessica Lopes da Rosa, Meka Astin, and David P. Holland are with the Fulton County Board of Health, Atlanta, GA. David Folkes is with Thrive SS, Atlanta. Dewayne Crowder is with A Vision 4 Hope, Atlanta.

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