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. 2023 Oct 17:11:1271162.
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1271162. eCollection 2023.

The mobile vaccine equity enhancement program-a model program for enhancing equity in vaccine availability based at a large health care system

John Broach  1   2 , Olga Brown  3 , Caitlin McEachern  2 , Janell Forget  3 , Peter Lancette  4 , Norman Soucie  2 , Julie Inzerillo  2 , Robert Klugman  2 , Stephen Tosi  2 , Abraham Haddad  2 , Pamela Manor  3 , Richard Bylund  3 , Gio Dellostritto  3 , Max Grecchi  3 , Connie Camelo  3 , Jeanne Shirshac  3 , Katharine Eshghi  3 , Nardy Vega  3 , Stacy Hampson  3 , Kassandra Follwell  3 , Rafael Gonzalez  3 , Theresa Hicks  3 , Victoria McCandless  3 , Timothy VanStratten  3 , Mina Botros  1 , Tracy Jalbert  3 , Catherine Merwin  3 , Wendy Schellhammer  3 , Ian Pelto  5 , Maggie Rodriguez  3 , Cheryl LaPriore  3 , Monica Lowell  3 , Elizabeth Radigan  2 , Lorie Gull  2 , Alana Gruszecki  2 , Sarah Benoit  3 , Eric Dickson  3 , Michelle Muller  3
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The mobile vaccine equity enhancement program-a model program for enhancing equity in vaccine availability based at a large health care system

John Broach et al. Front Public Health. .

Abstract

The SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic presented unprecedented challenges as communities attempted to respond to the administration of a novel vaccine that faced cold chain logistical requirements and vaccine hesitancy among many, as well as complicated phased rollout plans that changed frequently as availability of the vaccine waxed and waned. The COVID-19 pandemic also disproportionately affected communities of color and communities with barriers to accessing healthcare. In the setting of these difficulties, a program was created specifically to address inequity in vaccine administration with a focus on communities of color and linguistic diversity as well as those who had technological barriers to online sign-up processes common at mass vaccination sites. This effort, the Mobile Vaccine Equity Enhancement Program (MVeeP), delivered over 12,000 vaccines in 24 months through a reproducible set of practices that can inform equity-driven vaccine efforts in future pandemics.

Keywords: COVID; equity; mobile healthcare application; pandemic (COVID19); vaccine.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Typical MVeeP event set up schematic with representative photo of an event held in Clinton, MA.
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Figure 2
MveeP vaccinations delivery cross referenced with Social Vulnerability Index.
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