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Review
. 2022 Nov;112(11):1560-1563.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307040.

Making Vaccines Equitably Available to All Persons in Pima County, Arizona, 2020-2021

Theresa Cullen  1 , Jennie Mullins  1 , Crystal La Tour Rambaud  1 , Pierce Lawlor  1 , Mary V Davis  1
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Making Vaccines Equitably Available to All Persons in Pima County, Arizona, 2020-2021

Theresa Cullen et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Nov.

Abstract

We review the Pima County (Arizona) Health Department's efforts to achieve equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution in a county with a social vulnerability index of 0.88. We expedited vaccine distribution, focusing on equitable distribution, implementing a multi-point of dispensing approach, and using a periurban and rural strategy. Pima County has one of the highest vaccine distribution percentages among the highest social vulnerability index quartiles and is more than 10 percentage points ahead of other large counties in Arizona in vaccine uptake. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(11):1560-1563. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307040).

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COVID-19 Vaccine Points of Dispensing by Census Tract Social Vulnerability Index (SVI): Pima County, AZ, December 2020–August 2021
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