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. 2022 Nov;112(11):1556-1559.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307021.

Mobile Health Services for COVID-19: Counseling, Testing, and Vaccination for Medically Underserved Populations

Priya Sarin Gupta  1 , Amir M Mohareb  1 , Christine Valdes  1 , Christin Price  1 , Margaret Jollife  1 , Craig Regis  1 , Nehal Munshi  1 , Eddie Taborda  1 , Miriam Lautenschlager  1 , Anne Fox  1 , Diane Hanscom  1 , Gina Kruse  1 , Regina LaRocque  1 , Joseph Betancourt  1 , Elsie M Taveras  1
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Mobile Health Services for COVID-19: Counseling, Testing, and Vaccination for Medically Underserved Populations

Priya Sarin Gupta et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

Mobile health units can improve access to preventive health services, especially for medically underserved populations. However, there is little published experience of mobile health units being used to expand access to COVID-19 vaccination. In concert with local public health departments and community members, we implemented a mobile COVID-19 health unit and deployed it to 12 predominantly low-income and racial/ethnic minority communities in Massachusetts. We describe the success and challenges of this innovative program in expanding access to COVID-19 vaccination. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(11):1556-1559. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307021).

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Mobile Health Clinic Used in Community-Based COVID-19 Vaccination Program in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, 2021
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COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Administered by Week of Mobile Health Clinic Operations in the Greater Boston Area, Massachusetts, May 20–August 18, 2021
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