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Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Vaccine Equity for Native Communities

Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Vaccine Equity for Native Communities

FromPublic Health Review


Bridging the Gap: Ensuring Vaccine Equity for Native Communities

FromPublic Health Review

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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Mar 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Like other vulnerable populations, American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) communities faced greater risk for complications during the COVID-19 pandemic. One such complication was ensuring that AI/AN populations had access to the vaccine. Listen to three public health experts share how they prioritized vaccine equity for AI/AN communities on the local, state, and national levels during the pandemic. Guests   Anne Zink, MD, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer for Alaska Department of Health, ASTHO President      Gary Lankford, Program Director for the Advances in Indian Health Care, Association of American Indian Physicians    Johnny Delgado, Project Director, Bakersfield American Indian Health Project    Resources   New ASTHO Program Aims to Increase Equity in Adult Immunization  Partnering with Community Action Agencies Can Improve Trust in Vaccines  Public Health and Healthcare Partner to Promote Influenza Vaccination  10 KEY ACTIONS to Improve Immunization Uptake and Advance Health Equity: Community Engagement 
Released:
Mar 30, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (95)

ASTHO’s podcast series, the Public Health Review, features health officials and public health leadership who are on the front lines of state and territorial public health. The series capitalizes on current public health issues and delivers timely, thoughtful perspectives on the value of public health through the lens of state/territorial health officials and other subject matter experts.