RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Addressing COVID-19 health disparities through a regional community health response
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
DO 10.3949/ccjm.88a.ccc072
A1 Nazleen Bharmal
A1 Jacque Bailey
A1 Vickie Johnson
A1 Marilyn Alejandro-Rodriguez
A1 J. Chase Holmes
A1 Melissa Li-Ng
A1 Charles Modlin
A1 Alice Kim
YR 2021
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/02/11/ccjm.88a.ccc072.abstract
AB To combat racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities associated with COVID-19 in our surrounding communities, the Cleveland Clinic Community Health & Partnership team developed a comprehensive program focused on connecting and communicating with local officials, faith-based organizations, and individual community members. Since March of 2020, our team has donated resources (e.g., personal protective equipment) to local organizations, referred thousands of community members to community or clinical resources, and partnered with federally-qualified health centers to support community COVID-19 testing. Future work will include the use of these networks to deploy the COVID-19 vaccine.