Increasing COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage for Newcomer Communities: The Importance of Disaggregation by Language

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations. Vaccines are essential for decreasing transmission and severity of COVID-19 infection. Understanding differences in vaccination coverage based on preferred language is crucial for focusing efforts to d...

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Autores principales: Steiner, Abigail, Rodrigues, Kristine Knuti, Mudenge, Nadège, Young, Janine, Rasulo, Rasulo, Payton, Colleen, DeSilva, Malini, Michel, Jeremy, Fabio, Mary, Yun, Katherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2023
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10324011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37068751
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.22-0724
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Sumario:The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations. Vaccines are essential for decreasing transmission and severity of COVID-19 infection. Understanding differences in vaccination coverage based on preferred language is crucial for focusing efforts to decrease COVID-19–related disparities. Four sites in the Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health collaboratively evaluated completion of primary COVID-19 vaccination series on or before December 31, 2021, for patients who were 12 years or older on June 30, 2021, by preferred language. The non-English/non-Spanish speaking population included 46,714 patients who spoke 174 languages; COVID-19 vaccination coverage by language ranged from 26.2% to 88.0%. Stratifying vaccination coverage by specific language is a critical first step toward dismantling disparities and shaping interventions that best meet the needs of communities served.

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