COVID-19 drive-through mass vaccination in Northwest Louisiana.

Journal of the Louisiana Public Health Association Pub Date : 2022-05-30

Deborah Gurgel Smith, John Anthony Vanchiere, Michelle Raley, Andrew David Yurochko, Mohammad Alfrad Nobel Bhuiyan, Kevin Sean Murnane, Rona Scott, Jeremy Kamil, Jill Rush-Kolodzey, Martha Whyte, Kenneth Densmore, Maarten Van Diest, Christopher Kevil

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Background: Vaccinating susceptible populations quickly and safely is vital during a pandemic. Mass vaccination programs using a drive-through method have been shown to reach large numbers of people efficiently during vaccine campaigns.

Methods: We performed a quantitative, cross-sectional study analyzing data collected by the COVID-19 mass vaccination program conducted by Louisiana State University Health Shreveport (LSUSH).

Results: Between December 2020 and September 2021, the vaccination program administered 90,655 COVID-19 vaccines. Among those who received at least the first dose of the vaccine, there were 21,700 men and 28,269 women; 22,820 were ≥60 years of age; 28,031 identified as Caucasian, 19,249 as African American, 47,916 as non-Hispanic, and most of them reported that they had not tested positive for COVID-19 before vaccination.

Discussion: The LSUHS vaccination center served people from different regions within Louisiana as well as those from outside Louisiana. Vaccination is a crucial public health measure in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conclusions: Our study showed that the mass vaccination program conducted by LSUHS had a considerable positive impact on communities in Northwest Louisiana. This drive-through method is an effective strategy with which to reach a significant number of people during a pandemic.

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路易斯安那州西北部的 COVID-19 车载大规模疫苗接种。

背景：在大流行期间，快速、安全地为易感人群接种疫苗至关重要。在疫苗接种活动中，采用驾车接种法的大规模疫苗接种计划已被证明能有效地接种到大量人群：我们对路易斯安那州立大学什里夫波特分校（LSUSH）开展的 COVID-19 大规模疫苗接种项目所收集的数据进行了横断面定量研究分析：2020 年 12 月至 2021 年 9 月期间，该疫苗接种计划共接种了 90,655 支 COVID-19 疫苗。在至少接种了第一剂疫苗的人群中，男性有21,700人，女性有28,269人；年龄≥60岁的有22,820人；28,031人被认定为白种人，19,249人被认定为非裔美国人，47,916人被认定为非西班牙裔美国人，其中大多数人表示在接种疫苗前未检测出COVID-19阳性：LSUHS疫苗接种中心为来自路易斯安那州内不同地区和路易斯安那州外的人们提供服务。疫苗接种是抗击 COVID-19 大流行的一项重要公共卫生措施：我们的研究表明，路易斯安那州立大学健康服务中心开展的大规模疫苗接种计划对路易斯安那州西北部的社区产生了相当积极的影响。这种直通式方法是在大流行期间覆盖大量人群的有效策略。

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