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Editorial
. 2022 Mar;112(3):383-387.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306635.

Nurturing Innovation at the Roots: The Success of COVID-19 Vaccination in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Emily E Haroz  1 , Christopher G Kemp  1 , Victoria M O'Keefe  1 , Katherine Pocock  1 , David R Wilson  1 , Loretta Christensen  1 , Melissa Walls  1 , Allison Barlow  1 , Laura Hammitt  1
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Editorial

Nurturing Innovation at the Roots: The Success of COVID-19 Vaccination in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Emily E Haroz et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Mar.
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Monthly Rates, by Race and Ethnicity, of (a) % of People With ≥ 1 Dose of COVID-19 Vaccination and (b) Age-Standardized COVID-19 Deaths per 100 000 Population: United States, January 2021–August 2021 Note. Age standardization was done using National Center for Health Statistics morality data and 2019 age-stratified population estimates from US Census data. Source. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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