TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobile Health and Wellness Project
T2 - A binational collaboration of frontline health services to the Latino population in the United States in times of COVID-19
AU - The network of agencies and promoters of the Mobile Health Units
AU - Rosales, Cecilia B.
AU - Dávila Chávez, Hilda
AU - Flynn, Michael A.
AU - Lara, Juanita
AU - Lira Chávez, Isaura Angélica
AU - Olivares Marín, Leonardo
AU - Romero Rangel, Alejandra
AU - Hirata Okamoto, Ricardo
AU - Rangel Gómez, Maria Gudelia
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding for the project provided by the Comisión de Salud Fronteriza México-Estados Unidos.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Rosales, Dávila Chávez, Flynn, Lara, Lira Chávez, Olivares Marín, Romero Rangel, Hirata Okamoto and Rangel Gómez.
PY - 2023/1/9
Y1 - 2023/1/9
N2 - Hardly reached communities in the United States greatly benefit from collective efforts and partnerships from Community Based Organizations, Health Institutions and Government Agencies, yet the effort to engage in this collaborative effort is minimal and funding to support these projects is lacking. The COVID-19 Pandemic exacerbated on a national scale what many vulnerable communities experience regularly; difficult access to basic medical care, information and support. In an effort to directly engage with community organizations and curb the infection rate of the COVID-19 virus within vulnerable communities, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched its first targeted effort to partner directly with community based organizations. This article will highlight the first pilot year of activities and key results of COVID-19 education and vaccination efforts by the Mobile Health and Wellness project. This is a fleet of 11 Mobile Health Vehicles managed by the Mexico Section US-Mexico Border Health Commission in partnership with Alianza Americas, Latino Commission on AIDS, and the CDC, targeting Latino, Immigrant and rural communities across the US.
AB - Hardly reached communities in the United States greatly benefit from collective efforts and partnerships from Community Based Organizations, Health Institutions and Government Agencies, yet the effort to engage in this collaborative effort is minimal and funding to support these projects is lacking. The COVID-19 Pandemic exacerbated on a national scale what many vulnerable communities experience regularly; difficult access to basic medical care, information and support. In an effort to directly engage with community organizations and curb the infection rate of the COVID-19 virus within vulnerable communities, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched its first targeted effort to partner directly with community based organizations. This article will highlight the first pilot year of activities and key results of COVID-19 education and vaccination efforts by the Mobile Health and Wellness project. This is a fleet of 11 Mobile Health Vehicles managed by the Mexico Section US-Mexico Border Health Commission in partnership with Alianza Americas, Latino Commission on AIDS, and the CDC, targeting Latino, Immigrant and rural communities across the US.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Mobile Health Units
KW - access to health care
KW - health initiative
KW - preventive health care
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U2 - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1022772
DO - 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1022772
M3 - Article
C2 - 36699931
AN - SCOPUS:85146913839
SN - 2296-2565
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Public Health
JF - Frontiers in Public Health
M1 - 1022772
ER -