RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Vaccine hesitance and vaccine access in minority communities
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
DO 10.3949/ccjm.88a.ccc079
A1 Lee Kirksey
A1 Adam J. Milam
A1 Caleb W. Curry
A1 Ahmed A. Sorour
YR 2021
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/early/2021/05/07/ccjm.88a.ccc079.abstract
AB Attaining equity in vaccination distribution is a moral and ethical goal that ensures all members of our community are properly cared for. We suggest a comprehensive approach that involves allocating community resources based on local economic, demographic, and COVID-19 infection data, removing technology barriers by staffing vaccine appointment call-in centers, distributing vaccines based on objective factors (eg, household density) rather than on a “first come, first served” basis, and creating pop-up vaccination sites at trusted community organizations such as federally qualified healthcare centers, churches, libraries, and barber/beauty shops. Until every community is safe, no community will be safe.