Integrated Multicultural Media Campaign to Increase COVID-19 Education and Vaccination Among Californians, 2021

Dominguez, Martha Eugenia; Macias-Carlos, Dayanna; Montoya, John Harold Estrada; Plant, Aaron; Neffa-Creech, Deborah

doi:10.2105/ajph.2022.306974

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“…It is also important to recognize that barriers to care for BIPOC persons should not solely be addressed via online services. Efforts need to be made to identify and address the reasons for lower vaccination rates and higher rates of infection, such as the development of multicultural media efforts in California (Dominguez et al., 2021). In‐person care is central to healthcare, and while it changed during the COVID pandemic, this should not allow for fewer efforts to be made to improve healthcare access for everyone, especially members of BIPOC communities (Lau & Sosa, 2022).…”

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Delivering COVID self‐tests through GetaKit.ca: Creating testing access during a pandemic

O’Byrne¹,

Orser²,

Musten³

et al. 2023

Public Health Nursing

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Objectives: To determine the real-world outcomes associated with using the GetaKit.ca website to distribute COVID self-tests to persons with risk factors, with a focus on facilitating testing for persons who are Black, Indigenous, or of Colour (BIPOC). Methods:GetaKit was an open cohort observational study to distribute free self-tests, starting with HIV self-testings and then adding the Lucira Check-It® COVID self-test.Participants would register on our website and complete a risk assessment, which would calculate their need for each type of testing.Results: Focusing on the COVID self-tests, from September to December 2021 (with targeted outreach in winter 2022), we distributed 6474 COVID self-tests to 3653 persons through 4161 unique orders, of which 47% came from BIPOC participants.Compared to white participants, BIPOC participants were more likely to have been a contact of COVID but less likely to be vaccinated. As well, 69% of results were reported back via the GetaKit.ca website, with 5.3% of these being positive. The positivity rate for our 3653 participants was 9.6%. Conclusions:Delivering COVID self-tests via our website provided tests to BIPOC communities and yielded positivity rates that matched local COVID testing centres. This highlights the utility of such systems for delivering testing during future pandemics.

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Delivering COVID self‐tests through GetaKit.ca: Creating testing access during a pandemic

O’Byrne¹,

Orser²,

Musten³

et al. 2023

Public Health Nursing

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“…Novel methods such as social media interventions have been effective in this regard [106]. The evaluation of public health interventions by surveys can help estimate their impact [107,108]. Future research on low-income or rural areas and countries ought to be encouraged.…”

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confidence: 99%

Reasons for Delayed Diagnosis of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis during the COVID-19 Era: A Narrative Review

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Global pandemics cause health system disruptions. The inadvertent disruption in surgical emergency care during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been the topic of several published studies. Our aim was to summarize the reasons that led to the delayed diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis during the COVID-19 era. This systematic literature search evaluated studies containing pediatric appendicitis patient data regarding outcomes, times to hospital admission or times from symptom onset to emergency department visit. Studies elucidating reasons for delays in the management of pediatric appendicitis were also reviewed. Ultimately, 42 studies were included. Several reasons for delayed diagnosis are analyzed such as changes to public health measures, fear of exposure to COVID-19, increased use of telemedicine, COVID-19 infection with concurrent acute appendicitis, recurrence of appendicitis after non-operative management and increased time to intraoperative diagnosis. Time to hospital admission in conjunction with patient outcomes was extracted and analyzed as an indicative measure of delayed management. Delayed diagnosis of acute appendicitis has been documented in many studies with various effects on outcomes. Suspicion of pediatric acute appendicitis must always lead to prompt medical examination, regardless of pandemic status. Telemedicine can be valuable if properly applied. Data from this era can guide future health system policies.

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An educational intervention in the emergency department seeking to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among unvaccinated patients aged 20-64

DeWaard,

Dewyer,

Al Assil

et al. 2023

Infection, Disease & Health

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Integrated Multicultural Media Campaign to Increase COVID-19 Education and Vaccination Among Californians, 2021

Cited by 3 publications

References 6 publications

Delivering COVID self‐tests through GetaKit.ca: Creating testing access during a pandemic

Delivering COVID self‐tests through GetaKit.ca: Creating testing access during a pandemic

Reasons for Delayed Diagnosis of Pediatric Acute Appendicitis during the COVID-19 Era: A Narrative Review

An educational intervention in the emergency department seeking to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates among unvaccinated patients aged 20-64

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