A New Model for Engagement and Action Mitigating COVID-19 Harm in Vulnerable Communities: The Work of Collaborative Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Initiatives in Three Southern States

Affiliations

¹ Caroline E. Compretta is with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Mona Fouad, Robert Kimberly, Susan Driggers, and Lori B. Bateman are with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Daniel Sarpong is with Yale University, New Haven, CT. LaKeisha Williams is with Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy and Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education, New Orleans, LA. Marie Krousel-Wood is with Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Center for Health Outcomes, Implementation, and Community-Engaged Science, New Orleans. Rodney Washington is with Consulting Plus LLC, Jackson. Wendy White is with Tougaloo College, Jackson. Traci Hayes and Susan Mayfield-Johnson are with the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.

Editorial

Caroline E Compretta et al. Am J Public Health. 2024 Jan.

. 2024 Jan;114(S1):S33-S36.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307486.

¹ Caroline E. Compretta is with the University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Mona Fouad, Robert Kimberly, Susan Driggers, and Lori B. Bateman are with the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Daniel Sarpong is with Yale University, New Haven, CT. LaKeisha Williams is with Xavier University of Louisiana, College of Pharmacy and Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education, New Orleans, LA. Marie Krousel-Wood is with Tulane University School of Medicine and School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Center for Health Outcomes, Implementation, and Community-Engaged Science, New Orleans. Rodney Washington is with Consulting Plus LLC, Jackson. Wendy White is with Tougaloo College, Jackson. Traci Hayes and Susan Mayfield-Johnson are with the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg.

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