Microentrepreneurs in Public Health Promotion

Implementation of a Street Vendor–Led Covid-19 Recovery Initiative in Los Angeles, California

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ID11036228
AuthorsKyle J Moon (0000-0003-0655-0583, Kyle J. Moon and Saira Nawaz are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus. Gloria Itzel Montiel is with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, and Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Rosa Vazquez and Destinee Rodriguez are with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.), Gloria Itzel Montiel (0000-0003-2540-1487, Kyle J. Moon and Saira Nawaz are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus. Gloria Itzel Montiel is with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, and Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Rosa Vazquez and Destinee Rodriguez are with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.), Rosa Vazquez (Kyle J. Moon and Saira Nawaz are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus. Gloria Itzel Montiel is with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, and Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Rosa Vazquez and Destinee Rodriguez are with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.), Destinee Rodriguez (Kyle J. Moon and Saira Nawaz are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus. Gloria Itzel Montiel is with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, and Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Rosa Vazquez and Destinee Rodriguez are with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.), Saira Nawaz (0000-0003-1826-551X, Kyle J. Moon and Saira Nawaz are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Evaluation Studies, Ohio State University College of Public Health, Columbus. Gloria Itzel Montiel is with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, and Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA. Rosa Vazquez and Destinee Rodriguez are with Community Organizing and Research Engagement, AltaMed Institute for Health Equity.)
Year2024
Volume114
IssueS1
PagesS78-S81
Publication date2024-01-01
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.2023.307453
PMID38207265
OpenAlexW4390732390
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited7

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated long-standing inequities, galvanizing new investments and community feedback to improve recovery programs. This implementation evaluation offers descriptive evidence of the feasibility of engaging street vendors to (1) facilitate linkage to services for undocumented Latinx communities, (2) strengthen health promotion by gathering community feedback, and (3) enhance economic opportunity by recognizing and addressing systemic challenges in which vendors operate. Future work should assess the effectiveness of mobilizing existing community messengers around entrenched social determinants of health. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S1):S78–S81. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307453 )

Business · Community health · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health promotion · Pandemic · Political science · Promotion (chess) · Public health · Public relations · Vendor · Work (physics) · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Engineering · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Marketing · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Nursing

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