Mobile health clinics for distribution of vaccinations to underserved communities during health emergencies: A COVID-19 case study
The high COVID-19 vaccination uptake at MHCs demonstrated that the MHC framework is an effective and acceptable intervention among medically underserved populations during health emergencies, especially when resources are scarce. The identified factors associated with vaccination uptake demonstrated that the MHCs had the greatest impact in higher-risk communities and can be used to inform allocation of such field-level interventions in future health emergencies.
Authors
- Kevin J. Bennett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8449-3305)
- Kerry A. Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0107-5202)
- Lior Rennert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5275-7273)
- Kerry Sease (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3790-0147)
- Alain H. Litwin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6717-0288)
- Fatih Gezer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8287-2763)
- Iromi Jayawardena
Institutions
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (US)
- Prisma Health (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Primary HealthCare (MT)
- Clemson University (US)
- Furman University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health in Practice
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100550
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.92
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. National Library of Medicine