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Partnering With Churches to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Trustworthy Contexts

Published:2024-05 Issue:S5 Volume:114 Page:S392-S395
ISSN:0090-0036
Container-title:American Journal of Public Health
language:en
Short-container-title:Am J Public Health

Author:

Bateman Lori B.¹^ORCID,Hall Allyson¹^ORCID,Hannon Lonnie¹^ORCID,Ryan Melissa¹^ORCID,Osborne Tiffany¹,Whitfield Samantha¹,Okoro Grace¹,Stager Catanya¹^ORCID,Driggers Susan¹,Jones Valerie¹,Rhinehart Jessica¹,Fouad Mona N.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Lori Bateman, Melissa Ryan, Tiffany Osborne, Samantha Whitfield, Samantha, Grace Okoro, Catanya Stager, Susan Driggers, Jessica Rhinehart, and Mona Fouad are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Allyson Hall is with the School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Lonnie Hannon is with the School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Valerie Jones is with the New Rising Star Missionary Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL.

Abstract

The Black church has long been seen as a crucial partner in addressing public health issues. This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a community-engaged church intervention addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in underserved Black communities in Jefferson County, Alabama. We partnered with churches to implement and evaluate the intervention between March and June of 2022 and found that our church partners were capable of significant messaging reach, particularly through electronic means. ( Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S5):S392–S395. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307683 )

Publisher

American Public Health Association

Link

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307683

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