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Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities

Public health challenges rapidly escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to a severe lack of resources and support in the near western suburbs of Chicago, the COVID Equity Response Collaborative: Loyola (CERCL) was established by an interprofessional team of Loyola University Chicago stu...

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Autores principales: Kutchma, Marisa L., Perez, Julianna, Stranges, Elizabeth, Steele, Kellie, Garis, Tayler, Prost, Anastazia, Siddiqui, Sumbul, Choo-Kang, Candice, Shaul, Bonnie, Benissan, Dede Golda Gbikpi, Smith-Haney, Gwendylon, Mora, Nallely, Watson, Maya, Griffith, Thao, Booker, Nathaniel, Harrington, Amanda, Mitchell, L. Kate, Blair, Amy, Luke, Amy, Silva, Abigail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546307
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208895
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author Kutchma, Marisa L.
Perez, Julianna
Stranges, Elizabeth
Steele, Kellie
Garis, Tayler
Prost, Anastazia
Siddiqui, Sumbul
Choo-Kang, Candice
Shaul, Bonnie
Benissan, Dede Golda Gbikpi
Smith-Haney, Gwendylon
Mora, Nallely
Watson, Maya
Griffith, Thao
Booker, Nathaniel
Harrington, Amanda
Mitchell, L. Kate
Blair, Amy
Luke, Amy
Silva, Abigail
author_facet Kutchma, Marisa L.
Perez, Julianna
Stranges, Elizabeth
Steele, Kellie
Garis, Tayler
Prost, Anastazia
Siddiqui, Sumbul
Choo-Kang, Candice
Shaul, Bonnie
Benissan, Dede Golda Gbikpi
Smith-Haney, Gwendylon
Mora, Nallely
Watson, Maya
Griffith, Thao
Booker, Nathaniel
Harrington, Amanda
Mitchell, L. Kate
Blair, Amy
Luke, Amy
Silva, Abigail
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description Public health challenges rapidly escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to a severe lack of resources and support in the near western suburbs of Chicago, the COVID Equity Response Collaborative: Loyola (CERCL) was established by an interprofessional team of Loyola University Chicago students, staff, and faculty. CERCL sought to minimize the negative impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities, those that are largely Black, Hispanic, or low-income. From April 2020 to the present, the collaborative utilized community-academic partnerships and interdisciplinary collaborations to conduct programming. CERCL’s programming included free community-based testing, screening for and assistance with social determinants of health, dissemination of relevant and reliable COVID-related information, provision of personal protective equipment, and facilitation of access to vaccines. With partners, the collaborative conducted 1,500 COVID-19 tests, trained 80 individuals in contact tracing, provided over 100 individuals with specifically tailored resources to address social and legal needs, distributed 5,000 resource bags, held 20 community conversations, canvassed 3,735 homes, and hosted 19 vaccine clinics. Community-academic partnerships with the health system, community and governmental agencies, and the local public health department have been critical to CERCL efforts. The interdisciplinary and interprofessional successes demonstrated in this case study lends the example of a relevant, sustainable, and practical intervention to address nuanced public health issues.
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spelling pubmed-103996862023-08-04 Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities Kutchma, Marisa L. Perez, Julianna Stranges, Elizabeth Steele, Kellie Garis, Tayler Prost, Anastazia Siddiqui, Sumbul Choo-Kang, Candice Shaul, Bonnie Benissan, Dede Golda Gbikpi Smith-Haney, Gwendylon Mora, Nallely Watson, Maya Griffith, Thao Booker, Nathaniel Harrington, Amanda Mitchell, L. Kate Blair, Amy Luke, Amy Silva, Abigail Front Public Health Public Health Public health challenges rapidly escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to a severe lack of resources and support in the near western suburbs of Chicago, the COVID Equity Response Collaborative: Loyola (CERCL) was established by an interprofessional team of Loyola University Chicago students, staff, and faculty. CERCL sought to minimize the negative impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable communities, those that are largely Black, Hispanic, or low-income. From April 2020 to the present, the collaborative utilized community-academic partnerships and interdisciplinary collaborations to conduct programming. CERCL’s programming included free community-based testing, screening for and assistance with social determinants of health, dissemination of relevant and reliable COVID-related information, provision of personal protective equipment, and facilitation of access to vaccines. With partners, the collaborative conducted 1,500 COVID-19 tests, trained 80 individuals in contact tracing, provided over 100 individuals with specifically tailored resources to address social and legal needs, distributed 5,000 resource bags, held 20 community conversations, canvassed 3,735 homes, and hosted 19 vaccine clinics. Community-academic partnerships with the health system, community and governmental agencies, and the local public health department have been critical to CERCL efforts. The interdisciplinary and interprofessional successes demonstrated in this case study lends the example of a relevant, sustainable, and practical intervention to address nuanced public health issues. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10399686/ /pubmed/37546307 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208895 Text en Copyright © 2023 Kutchma, Perez, Stranges, Steele, Garis, Prost, Siddiqui, Choo-Kang, Shaul, Benissan, Smith-Haney, Mora, Watson, Griffith, Booker, Harrington, Mitchell, Blair, Luke and Silva. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Kutchma, Marisa L.
Perez, Julianna
Stranges, Elizabeth
Steele, Kellie
Garis, Tayler
Prost, Anastazia
Siddiqui, Sumbul
Choo-Kang, Candice
Shaul, Bonnie
Benissan, Dede Golda Gbikpi
Smith-Haney, Gwendylon
Mora, Nallely
Watson, Maya
Griffith, Thao
Booker, Nathaniel
Harrington, Amanda
Mitchell, L. Kate
Blair, Amy
Luke, Amy
Silva, Abigail
Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title_full Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title_fullStr Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title_full_unstemmed Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title_short Filling the gaps: A community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address COVID-19-related inequities
title_sort filling the gaps: a community case study in using an interprofessional approach and community-academic partnerships to address covid-19-related inequities
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10399686/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37546307
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1208895
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