Integrated Covid-19 Interventions in a Native American Community
Arizona, December 25, 2021–January 31, 2022
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COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Indigenous communities. The Whiteriver Service Unit (WRSU) took an integrated public health–health care system delivery approach in collaboration with the White Mountain Apache Tribe to decrease the case fatality rate (CFR). The WRSU performed daily data analyses identifying risk factors, expeditiously treating and proactively vaccinating people during at-home visits. The WRSU’s CFR was 0.3% lower than Arizona’s (P = .04). Among communities disproportionally affected, an integrated approach using data to drive real-time decision-making among a culturally competent workforce can contribute to decreased CFR. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(10):1089–1092. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307364 )
Case fatality rate · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Environmental health · Indigenous · Infectious disease (medical specialty) · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Tribe · Unit (ring theory) · Workforce · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Health Policy Implementation Science · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Gerontology
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