Making Vaccines Equitably Available to All Persons in Pima County, Arizona, 2020–2021

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ID11029323
AuthorsTheresa Cullen (0000-0002-8730-5688, Theresa Cullen, Jennie Mullins, and Crystal La Tour Rambaud are with the Pima County Health Department, Tucson, AZ. Pierce Lawlor and Mary V. Davis are with Palladium Consulting, Washington, DC.), Jennie Mullins (Theresa Cullen, Jennie Mullins, and Crystal La Tour Rambaud are with the Pima County Health Department, Tucson, AZ. Pierce Lawlor and Mary V. Davis are with Palladium Consulting, Washington, DC.), Crystal La Tour Rambaud (Theresa Cullen, Jennie Mullins, and Crystal La Tour Rambaud are with the Pima County Health Department, Tucson, AZ. Pierce Lawlor and Mary V. Davis are with Palladium Consulting, Washington, DC.), Pierce Lawlor (Theresa Cullen, Jennie Mullins, and Crystal La Tour Rambaud are with the Pima County Health Department, Tucson, AZ. Pierce Lawlor and Mary V. Davis are with Palladium Consulting, Washington, DC.), Mary V Davis (0000-0002-7616-3856, Theresa Cullen, Jennie Mullins, and Crystal La Tour Rambaud are with the Pima County Health Department, Tucson, AZ. Pierce Lawlor and Mary V. Davis are with Palladium Consulting, Washington, DC.)
Year2022
Volume112
Issue11
Pages1560-1563
Publication date2022-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2022.307040
PMID36223586
OpenAlexW4304755012
LanguageEN
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We review the Pima County (Arizona) Health Department’s efforts to achieve equitable COVID-19 vaccine distribution in a county with a social vulnerability index of 0.88. We expedited vaccine distribution, focusing on equitable distribution, implementing a multi–point of dispensing approach, and using a periurban and rural strategy. Pima County has one of the highest vaccine distribution percentages among the highest social vulnerability index quartiles and is more than 10 percentage points ahead of other large counties in Arizona in vaccine uptake. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(11):1560–1563. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307040 )

Confidence interval · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Distribution (mathematics) · Environmental health · Geography · Index (typography) · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Psychological intervention · Public health · Quartile · Social vulnerability · Medicine · Primary Care and Health Outcomes · Public Health Policies and Education · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

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