Building Trust in Covid-19 Vaccines and Beyond Through Authentic Community Investment
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COVID-19 vaccine development has advanced at lighting speed. Research that would normally require years has been completed in months. As a result of this unprecedented effort, two vaccine candidates, mRNA-1273 (Moderna, Cambridge, MA) and BNT162b2 (Pfizer, New York, NY), have been found to be safe and more than 90% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 shortly after vaccination. These vaccines are extremely promising and will eventually be distributed widely. Unfortunately, as the science of vaccine development has swiftly progressed, the equally important science of community engagement, which should guide the establishment of mutually beneficial partnerships and promote eventual vaccine uptake, has lagged behind. Research methods focused on the development of effective public health interventions place communities-groups with shared culture, norms, beliefs, or language-at their core and emphasize the primacy of community ownership as essential for uptake and sustainability.1 Yet, communities of color (i.e., Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities), who remain at highest risk for infection, have been peripheral, not central actors in the pursuit of COVID-19 vaccines. Instead, the tripartite relationship between industry, government, and academia has dominated the research enterprise related to COVID-19. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 10, 2020: 1-3. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.306087)
Business · Community engagement · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics) · Indigenous · Investment (military) · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public relations · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) · Sustainability · Vaccination · Law · Medicine · Nursing · SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Virology
Exploring Covid-19 Vaccine Attitudes among Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Communities
White Supremacy and the Core Functions of Public Health
Factors Associated With Racial/Ethnic Group–Based Medical Mistrust and Perspectives on Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Participation and Vaccine Uptake in the US
Sociocultural Antecedents and Mechanisms of Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake among Mexican-Origin Youth
Connect, collaborate and tailor
Stigma and Knowledge in Mpox Vaccine Willingness Among African Immigrants in the United States
Health Communication and Behavioral Change During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Engaging Latino Families About Covid-19 Vaccines
Research in the USA on Covid-19’s long-term effects
Covid-19 vaccines, public health goods and Catholic social teaching
“I don't have much of a choice”
Medical mistrust, discrimination, and Covid-19 vaccine behaviors among a national sample U.S. adults
Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake Among People Living with HIV
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Vaccination
Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in the United States
Reframing Obesity as Collective Vulnerability in Black Churches in The USA
Black Americans Receiving the Covid-19 Vaccine and Effective Strategies to Overcome Barriers
Mistrust, Empowerment, and Structural Change
Using Statewide Electronic Health Record and Influenza Vaccination Data to Plan and Prioritize Covid-19 Vaccine Outreach and Communications in Wisconsin Communities
Notes from the field
At the End of the Day, the Decisions Were Ultimately Up to Them
Assessing the Role of Trust in Public Health Agencies and Covid-19 Vaccination Status Among a Community Sample of African Americans in North Carolina
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