Reaching Structurally Vulnerable Populations Using Low-Barrier COVID-19 Testing Clinics Co-Created with Community Based Organizations

Authors

David Ngandu, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Scarborough, ME, USA.Follow
Gloria Sclar, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Scarborough, ME, USA.Follow
Ambia Ahmed, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Scarborough, ME, USA.Follow
Sumayo A Awale, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Scarborough, ME, USA.Follow
Caroline Fernandes, Preble Street, Portland, ME, USA
Joshua Goldstein, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
Hina Hashmi, MaineHealth Institute for Research, Scarborough, ME, USA.Follow
Shruti Joshi, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Why this matters?

The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected people from structurally vulnerable communities. There was a need to improve COVID-19 testing in these communities to reduce viral spread and connect to treatment.

Publication Date

11-2024

Disciplines

Community Health | Translational Medical Research

Comments

Funding: National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number 3U54GM115516-05S2, as a supplement to the Northern New England Clinical and Translational Research grant (NNE-CTR, U54GM115516)

Collaboration with REACH: Research Evidence-to-Action for Community Health