Autoethnographic Examination of Data-Driven, Community-Tailored Covid-19 Response in Brownsville, Texas

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ID9020199
AuthorsChristine Crudo Blackburn (0000-0001-9893-6058, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA, corresponding author), Michelle Jones (0000-0002-6694-4288, City of Brownsville Public Health Department, TX, USA), Miryoung Lee (0000-0003-4088-304X, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville, USA), Cici Bauer (0000-0002-2337-7965, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville, USA), Arturo Rodríguez (0000-0002-7017-9443, City of Brownsville Public Health Department, TX, USA), Roberto Garcia (0000-0002-6584-7443, City of Brownsville Public Health Department, TX, USA), Susan P Fisher-Hoch (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville, USA), Susan P Fisher‐Hoch (0000-0002-7894-5114, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston), Joseph B Mccormick (0000-0002-5844-8102, University of Texas, Brownsville, USA), Kehe Zhang (0000-0001-8013-265X, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville, USA), Ava Garrett (Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX, USA), Johanna Esteves (Texas A&M University, College Station, USA)
Year2022
Publication date2022-08-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00221678221118708
OpenAlexW4293215542
LanguageEN
References cited22

The City of Brownsville was made vulnerable to the COVID-19 pandemic due to high rates of obesity and diabetes, high rates of poverty, and adverse social determinants of health. To address the unique challenges faced by the community, Brownsville’s COVID-19 response brought together the skills of academia with the local understanding and health expertise of the city’s public health department to craft a pandemic response that addressed the specific needs and unique challenges of the residents. This article explores the response partnerships formed and the data-driven, community-oriented campaigns that were designed by the Brownsville Public Health Department. The collaborative partnership of the COVID-19 working group and the innovative dissemination strategies designed by the health department provided an effective method of disease mitigation among the city’s most vulnerable residents. The article demonstrates the impact of the response campaigns by including a resident’s perspective on the impact of the response, specifically how the health department tailored their efforts to meet the needs of the Brownsville community

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Environmental health · General partnership · Health department · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Pandemic · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Cultural Competency in Health Care · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine · Nursing · Public Health Policies and Education · Gerontology