Covid-19 Vaccination in American Indians and Alaska Natives — Lessons from Effective Community Responses

Foxworth, Raymond; Redvers, Nicole; Moreno, Marcos Andrade; Lopez-Carmen, Victor A; Sánchez, Gabriel R.; Shultz, James M.

doi:10.1056/nejmp2113296

Cited by 54 publications

(51 citation statements)

References 2 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…For instance, vaccination can be discussed as a powerful wellness tool that can supplement tools already used by individuals (particularly essential/vulnerable workers) to help themselves push through or endure the burdens and challenges of daily life. Prior examples of success with this approach are seen in Native American and Indigenous communities that leveraged the idea of cultural preservation to get first their elders and then other community members vaccinated (e.g., Foxworth et al, 2021 ). Another example concerns churches where the virtue of being one's brother's or sister's keeper has been leveraged to promote vaccination (e.g., Gilbert, 2021 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing COVID-19 vaccination equity for Hispanic/Latino communities by attending to aguantarismo: A Californian US–Mexico border perspective

Sobo

Cervantes

Ceballos

et al. 2022

Social Science & Medicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addressing COVID-19 vaccination equity for Hispanic/Latino communities by attending to aguantarismo: A Californian US–Mexico border perspective

Sobo

Cervantes

Ceballos

et al. 2022

Social Science & Medicine

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Utilizing tribal leaders with outreach regarding vaccination has been found to be effective, particularly with messages that stress the power of vaccination of children to protect elders from the virus, and consequently prevent language and culture loss. 17 …”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“… 15 To recruit participants, the African American Research Collaborative (AARC) contracted with BSP Research, a polling firm with access to panel vendors with large samples of Americans across all racial and ethnic groups. 16 , 17 Vendors randomly recruit participants to complete self-administered surveys through either the phone (landline and cell) or over the web. This process resulted in a randomized and stratified sample with over-samples of racial and ethnic minorities, making this data collection approach useful for studying vaccine confidence among racial and ethnic groups.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Communities: A National Survey

Maurice

Block

Sánchez

et al. 2022

Academic Pediatrics

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Despite the high burden of COVID-19 on the AI/AN population in 2020, there are reasons for optimism for 2021. From the start of vaccine availability, the AI/AN population has had higher rates of vaccine uptake than other racial and ethnic groups (Foxworth et al 2021). Vaccination efforts that were culturally sensitive, combined with a steady supply of vaccine doses, were instrumental to this achievement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life Expectancy Loss among Native Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Goldman

Andrasfay

2022

Preprint

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: There has been little systematic research on the mortality impact of COVID-19 in the Native American population. Objective: We provide the first estimates of loss of life expectancy directly due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021 for the Native American population. Methods: We use several sources of data (the 2019 life table recently released by the National Center for Health Statistics for Native Americans, provisional COVID-19 deaths by age and race/ethnicity for 2020 and 2021, and population estimates from the US Census Bureau), along with multiple decrement techniques, to calculate life tables for Native Americans that include COVID-19 mortality. Results: Native Americans had much lower life expectancy than other groups before the pandemic, which set this population further behind: the estimated loss in life expectancy at birth due to COVID-19 for Native Americans is 2.5 years in 2020 and 2.8 years in 2021. Conclusions: These results underscore the disproportionate share of COVID-19 deaths experienced by Native Americans: a loss in 2020 due to COVID-19 that is almost three times as large as that for Whites and about a half-year greater than that for the Black population. Despite a successful vaccination campaign among Native Americans, the estimated loss in life expectancy at birth due to COVID-19 in 2021 unexpectedly exceeds that in 2020. Contribution: The increased loss in life expectancy in 2021, despite higher vaccination rates than in other racial/ethnic groups, highlights the huge challenges faced by Native Americans in their efforts to control the deleterious consequences of the pandemic.

show abstract

Covid-19 Vaccination in American Indians and Alaska Natives — Lessons from Effective Community Responses

Cited by 54 publications

References 2 publications

Addressing COVID-19 vaccination equity for Hispanic/Latino communities by attending to aguantarismo: A Californian US–Mexico border perspective

Addressing COVID-19 vaccination equity for Hispanic/Latino communities by attending to aguantarismo: A Californian US–Mexico border perspective

Parental COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Diverse Communities: A National Survey

Life Expectancy Loss among Native Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About