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Polling places, pharmacies, and public health: Vote & Vax 2012
Douglas Shenson1, Ryan T Moore, William Benson
1Douglas Shenson is with SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration), Newton, MA, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Ryan T. Moore is with the Department of Government, American University, Washington, DC. William Benson is with Health Benefits ABCs, Silver Spring, MD. Lynda A. Anderson is with the Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Abstract:
US national elections, which draw sizable numbers of older voters, take place during flu-shot season and represent an untapped opportunity for large-scale delivery of vaccinations. In 2012, Vote & Vax deployed a total of 1585 clinics in 48 states; Washington, DC; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the US Virgin Islands. Approximately 934 clinics were located in pharmacies, and 651 were near polling places. Polling place clinics delivered significantly more vaccines than did pharmacies (5710 vs 3669). The delivery of vaccines was estimated at 9379, and approximately 45% of the recipients identified their race/ethnicity as African American or Hispanic. More than half of the White Vote & Vax recipients and more than two thirds of the non-White recipients were not regular flu shot recipients.
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