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. 2022 Dec;112(12):1721-1725.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307030. Epub 2022 Oct 27.

Community-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in Medically Underserved Neighborhoods to Improve Access and Equity, Philadelphia, 2021-2022

Heather Klusaritz  1 , Emily Paterson  1 , Courtney Summers  1 , Nida Al-Ramahi  1 , Nawar Naseer  1 , Helena Jeudin  1 , Yuhnis Sydnor  1 , Maurice Enoch  1 , Nieemah Dollard  1 , Kevin D Young  1 , Neda Khan  1 , Jeffrey Henne  1 , Anna Doubeni  1 , Nishaminy Kasbekar  1 , Yevgeniy Gitelman  1 , Patrick J Brennan  1 , Kent Bream  1 , Carolyn C Cannuscio  1 , Richard C Wender  1 , Rachel Feuerstein-Simon  1
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Community-Based COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in Medically Underserved Neighborhoods to Improve Access and Equity, Philadelphia, 2021-2022

Heather Klusaritz et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Vaccination remains key to reducing the risk of COVID-19-related severe illness and death. Because of historic medical exclusion and barriers to access, Black communities have had lower rates of COVID-19 vaccination than White communities. We describe the efforts of an academic medical institution to implement community-based COVID-19 vaccine clinics in medically underserved neighborhoods in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over a 13-month period (April 2021-April 2022), the initiative delivered 9038 vaccine doses to community members, a majority of whom (57%) identified as Black. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(12):1721-1725. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307030).

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Clinic Color-Coded Safety System for Penn Medicine’s Pop-up COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics: Philadelphia, PA, April 2021–April 2022 Note. EUA  = emergency use authorization; J&J = Johnson & Johnson; VAX = vaccination; VIS = vaccine information statement. aColored stickers were placed on a clinic form for collecting basic demographic and health information (e.g., known allergies).
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