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Title:

Carrying Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination Forward: Guidance Informed by Communities of Color

Authors:

Emily K. Brunson, Monica Schoch-Spana, Mary Carnes, Divya Hosangadi, Rex Long, Sanjana Ravi, Maddie Taylor, Marc Trotochaud, Tener Goodwin Veenema, on behalf of the CommuniVax Coalition

Date posted:

July 14, 2021

Publication type:

Report

Publisher:

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security

See also:

View full report (PDF)
Download the Executive Summary in Spanish: Resumen Ejecutivo (PDF)

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Equity in Vaccination: A Plan to Work with Communities of Color Toward COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond

CommuniVax Implementation Toolkit

Report Summary and Actionable Recommendations for Members of Congress; Governors and State Legislators; Mayors, County Executives, and Other Top Local Government Officials; and Governmental Public Health Executives

CommuniVax Local Reports: Alabama; Baltimore, MD; Idaho; Prince George’s County, MD; and San Diego, CA

Introduction:

Seven months into the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States, nearly 50% of the American population has been vaccinated. While this is a monumental accomplishment, there is still much work to do.

In the coming months, the country will face a series of vaccination challenges including serving groups with persistently low vaccine uptake (due to, for example, low/no access, vaccine hesitancy, or a combination of factors), expanding COVID-19 vaccination to children (particularly those whose parents may be less willing to vaccinate their children than to get vaccinated themselves), and orchestrating a potential booster dose campaign (with its own hesitancy issues). As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues, lessons from the vaccine rollout to date can help provide direction moving forward.