Lauryn Berner-Davis, Kimberly Chiaramonte, Chelsea Hardin Hensley, Sarah Price, Ted Henson, Naomi Smith, Alaina Boyer
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Abstract
COVID-19 does not affect all populations equally. From November 2021 to June 2024, the Vaccine Ambassador Program (VAP) employed peer workers across 15 cities to engage three focus populations. The VAP model has changed the way these organizations' structure care teams, leveraging peer relationships to provide more than 50,000 immunizations.
期刊介绍:
The journal has as its goal the dissemination of information on the health of, and health care for, low income and other medically underserved communities to health care practitioners, policy makers, and community leaders who are in a position to effect meaningful change. Issues dealt with include access to, quality of, and cost of health care.