A guide for community partners: Increasing COVID-19 vaccine uptake among members of racial and ethnic minority communities

Individual Author(s) / Organizational Author
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Date
April 2021
Abstract / Description

In January 2021, the federal government funded 64 state, territorial, and local immunization programs for COVID-19 vaccination efforts and required 10% of funding to support groups at higher risk of COVID-19 and under-resourced communities. As immunization programs continue to get funding to support COVID-19 vaccination uptake, the Guide for Community Partners can be used to support organizations with community-level reach—who play a critical role in increasing vaccine confidence and access in their communities—with delivering or supporting COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
The Guide for Community Partners focuses on racial and ethnic minority communities because of the disproportionate effect of COVID-19 on these groups, but it is applicable to other communities that may be hard to reach, experience marginalization, discrimination, or disparities in receiving vaccines, or demonstrate hesitancy to get vaccines. (abbreviated author introduction)

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Artifact Type
Application
Research
Reference Type
Toolkit
Geographic Focus
National
Priority Population
Ethnic and racial groups
P4HE Authored
No
Topic Area
Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing » Communicable Disease » COVID-19/Coronavirus
Illness/Disease/Injury/Wellbeing » Vaccines