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Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa1, Evelyn Vázquez1, Mona AuYoung1
1Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa is with the Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. Evelyn Vázquez and Ann Marie Cheney are with the Department of Social Medicine Population and Public Health, University of California Riverside School of Medicine. Mona AuYoung is with the Department of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles. Frank Zaldivar, Dara Sorkin, and Robynn Zender are with the Institute for Clinical and Transnational Sciences, University of California, Irvine. Claudia G. Corchado is with Cultiva la Salud, United Way of Merced County, Merced, CA. Nancy J. Burke is with the Department of Public Health, University of California, Merced.
Abstract:
With funding from the National Institutes of Health's Community Engagement Alliance, starting in fall 2020, 11 academic medical centers and 75 community partners came together as the California Alliance Against COVID-19 to address COVID-19 inequities in California. Using data from focus groups, statewide meetings, and a statewide partner survey, we describe how promotoras and community health workers (P/CHWs; n = 540) helped to promote access to COVID-19 information, testing, and vaccination. We highlight opportunities to promote health equity among other public health collaborators with a P/CHW model. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S1):S45-S49. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307471).
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