Open AccessDeveloping and Delivering a Comprehensive Vaccine COVID-19 Program: RapidVax
Author(s) -
Laura A. Siminoff,
Susan VonNessen-Scanlin,
Huanmei Wu,
Briana T. Richardson,
Patrick J. Kelly,
Sarah Bauerle Bass,
Karikarn Chansiri
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
commonhealth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-6910
DOI - 10.15367/ch.v3i1.502
Subject(s) - vaccination , covid-19 , public health , pharmacy , medicine , scale (ratio) , community engagement , family medicine , medical education , nursing , public relations , political science , virology , geography , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , cartography , pathology , outbreak
RapidVax was developed in January 2021 to provide COVID-19 vaccination across Temple University’s College of Public Health (CPH). The scale-up phase of the project was an inter-professional effort to develop specific messaging about COVID-19 vaccination and delivered vaccination to communities in Philadelphia, esepcially vaccine-hesitant individuals and marginalized groups with limiteded access to health services. Emphasizing community engagement, evidenced-based message designs, and vaccine delivery, RapidVax has resulted in 1,542 individuals within the CPH and Temple, 2,685 of the general public vaccinated, of which approximately 74.9% were people of color and 16% were homeless (total doses given to date is 7,445). RapidVax, as an interprofessional collaboration between nursing, social work, pharmacy, and public health practitioners, is a promising model to deliver vaccination and decrease disparities.