Using Cross-Cultural Collaboration to Establish a Working Coalition for An Equitable Covid-19 Vaccine Program

Bibliographic Data

ID9021990
AuthorsFloyd Thompkins (0000-0003-4330-8630, Executive Officer Justice and Peace Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA), Peter Goldblum (0000-0002-0186-8288, Palo Alto University, CA, USA), Tammy Lai (0000-0002-3992-8442, Executive Officer Justice and Peace Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USA), Jahmeer Reynolds (Marin County Cooperation Team, Sausalito, CA, USA), Randi B Lachter (Marin Health and Human Services), Randi Lachter (Marin County Health and Human Services, San Rafael, CA, USA), Pooja G Mhatre (0000-0002-3945-8196, Marin County Health and Human Services, San Rafael, CA, USA), Shirin Vakharia (Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA, USA), Sheila Thompson (Palo Alto University), Sheila M Thompson (Palo Alto University, CA, USA), Lisa M Brown (0000-0002-3793-7310, Palo Alto University, CA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2023
Publication date2023-02-16
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Humanistic Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-1678 • E-ISSN: 1552-650X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00221678221140625
OpenAlexW4321110100
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited13

Coalitions and collaborations with African Americans in the United States are often between people with equal humanity but unequal power. Endeavors between historically harmed communities and representatives of systems that continue to harm them frequently lead to intentional and unintentional miscommunication, mistrust, and distrust. The causes for health inequity are complex and should include consideration of systemic racism. In most standard public health models, departments typically take the lead and invite select members of the community to help. This article describes a collaboration that took place in Marin City, California, between African American churches, the department of public health, and community-based organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This example focuses on the value of African American history and cosmology as a foundation for respectful cross-cultural collaboration in implementing a COVID-19 vaccination effort. A cross-cultural collaborative model was developed for use by this coalition to guide the development and implementation of community response teams. Unique and shared responsibilities provided by the coalition partners are examined. Humanistic principles, including empathy, positive regard, trust, and grace, are held as central to the model when planning, implementing, and evaluating activities undertaken by cross-cultural coalitions. Sustainability issues are considered concerning staffing, funding, and public policy

Cultural competence · Cultural diversity · Cultural humility · Distrust · Empathy · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Sociology · Staffing · Community Health and Development · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Public Administration · Public Health Policies and Education · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Social Psychology

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