The Arizona prevention research center vaccine confidence network: A Mobile health unit intervention and survey results of barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination.
Nuno, Tomas; Soto, Sheila; Sepulveda, Refugio; Sierra, Lidia Azurdia; Harvey, Breanne; Dillingham, Natalie; Rascon, Erika; Wilkinson-Lee, Ada; Carvajal, Scott; de Zapien, Jill; Ingram, Maia
Why this matters
Structural barriers, not hesitancy alone, shape who ends up vaccinated. In Southern Arizona, Hispanic residents reached by a mobile health unit were diagnosed with COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of non-Hispanic residents (41.9 percent versus 20.3 percent) yet reached higher vaccination coverage at 93.3 percent.
Abstract
The AzVCN implemented a Mobile Health Unit intervention to reduce vaccination hesitancy and increase COVID-19 vaccination uptake among Hispanic rural, un/underinsured and farmworker populations in Southern Arizona. Hispanics were diagnosed with COVID-19 at a higher rate (41.9% vs 20.3%) and had received COVID-19 vaccination approximately 10% higher than non-Hispanics (93.3% vs 84.8%). Addressing structural barriers had a major impact on vaccination experiences among Hispanics.