Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Three Outreach Events to Improve COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities in Houston, Texas, 2022.

IF 3 4区医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH Public Health Reports Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-23 DOI:10.1177/00333549231213848

Carmin Munoz-Lavanderos, Abiodun Oluyomi, Omar Rosales, Norvin Hernandez, Nana Mensah-Bonsu, Hoda Badr

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Objectives: Lack of access to timely, accurate, and linguistically appropriate COVID-19 information has complicated the dissemination of evidence-based information and contributed to vaccine hesitancy among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. We developed community events that provided outreach, education, and access to COVID-19 vaccination to overcome vaccine hesitancy in these communities.

Methods: Using spatial analysis techniques, we identified 3 communities with low vaccine uptake in Houston, Texas, in fall 2021; engaged 20 stakeholders from these communities via 4 focus groups to understand barriers to vaccination; and developed and implemented 3 COVID-19 vaccine education and outreach events tailored to the needs of these communities in January-March 2022. We used program evaluation surveys to assess attendee characteristics and satisfaction with the events. Vaccinated attendees also completed surveys on what motivated them to get vaccinated.

Results: Two communities were predominantly Hispanic, and the third had an equal number of Black and Hispanic residents. Based on community stakeholder input, the study team organized 2 health fairs and 1 community festival featuring dialogue-based COVID-19 vaccine engagement in January and March 2022. Across the 3 events, a total of 865 attendees received COVID-19 education and 205 (24.0%) attendees received a COVID-19 vaccine or booster. Of 90 attendees who completed program evaluation surveys, 81 (90%) rated the outreach event as good or excellent. Of 145 attendees who completed postvaccination surveys, 132 (91%) endorsed ≥1 key program feature as motivating them to either get vaccinated or vaccinate their child that day.

Conclusion: Community outreach events are important strategies for disseminating information, building trust, and facilitating COVID-19 vaccine uptake.

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2022 年，为提高得克萨斯州休斯顿少数种族和族裔社区的 COVID-19 疫苗接种率而开展的三项外联活动的开发、实施和评估。

目标：由于无法获得及时、准确、语言恰当的 COVID-19 信息，循证信息的传播变得更加复杂，这也是导致美国少数种族群体对疫苗犹豫不决的原因之一。我们开展了社区活动，提供外联、教育和 COVID-19 疫苗接种机会，以克服这些社区对疫苗的犹豫不决：方法：利用空间分析技术，我们于 2021 年秋季在得克萨斯州休斯敦确定了 3 个疫苗接种率较低的社区；通过 4 个焦点小组让这些社区的 20 名利益相关者参与其中，以了解疫苗接种的障碍；并于 2022 年 1 月至 3 月针对这些社区的需求制定和实施了 3 项 COVID-19 疫苗教育和推广活动。我们使用项目评估调查来评估参与者的特征和对活动的满意度。已接种疫苗的参与者还完成了关于促使他们接种疫苗的原因的调查：两个社区的居民以西班牙裔为主，第三个社区的黑人和西班牙裔居民人数相当。根据社区利益相关者的意见，研究团队在 2022 年 1 月和 3 月组织了 2 次健康展和 1 次社区节，以对话形式开展 COVID-19 疫苗接种活动。在这 3 次活动中，共有 865 人接受了 COVID-19 教育，205 人（24.0%）接种了 COVID-19 疫苗或加强剂。在完成项目评估调查的 90 名参与者中，81 人（90%）将外展活动评为 "良好 "或 "优秀"。在完成接种后调查的 145 名参与者中，有 132 人（91%）认为有≥1 项主要活动内容促使他们在当天接种疫苗或为孩子接种疫苗：社区宣传活动是传播信息、建立信任和促进 COVID-19 疫苗接种的重要策略。

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Public Health Reports 医学-公共卫生、环境卫生与职业卫生

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5.00

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6.10%

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164

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6-12 weeks

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