Perceived Effectiveness of Public Health Unit Partnerships With Faith-Based and Other Community-Based Organizations to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Ethnoracial Communities.

Autor:	Song MY; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Blake-Hepburn D; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Varia M; Region of Peel - Health Services, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Estey Noad E; Region of Peel - Health Services, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Peer N; Region of Peel - Health Services, Mississauga, ON, Canada., Pakes B; Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Department of Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Fadel SA; Division of Clinical Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Allin S; Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada., Ataullahjan A; School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, ON, Canada., Di Ruggiero E; Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal of public health [Int J Public Health] 2024 Nov 12; Vol. 69, pp. 1607200. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Nov 12 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/ijph.2024.1607200
Abstrakt:	Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore how Ontario Public Health Units (PHUs) partnered with faith-based organizations (FBOs) and other community-based organizations (CBOs) to promote COVID-19 vaccination among ethnoracial groups made structurally vulnerable during the pandemic, and to understand how PHUs perceive the effectiveness of these partnerships with these organizations. Methods: Between June to December 2022, we distributed a cross-sectional survey to 34 PHUs in Ontario to explore how PHUs were engaging and partnering with FBOs and CBOs. Results: Responses were received from 28 of 34 (82.5%) public health units. Across Ontario, 23 (82.1%) respondent PHUs worked with FBOs during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout with activities ranging from informing FBOs of vaccine availability, to using places of worship as sites for vaccine administration and co-creating educational materials on immunization that were faith- and culturally sensitive. Conclusion: FBOs can be a valuable community partner as PHUs work to increase the reach and uptake of public health interventions. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the impact of FBO engagement on vaccine confidence and uptake among ethnoracial communities is needed to inform future community engaged vaccine programming in Ontario. Competing Interests: The authors declare that they do not have any conflicts of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Song, Blake-Hepburn, Varia, Estey Noad, Peer, Pakes, Fadel, Allin, Ataullahjan and Di Ruggiero.)
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