Enhancing Louisiana Health Professionals in Communication Methods/Strategies to Increase COVID 19 Vaccination Rates of Residents of Vulnerable Communities (LaHealthCom)

项目总结/摘要 教育路易斯安那州卫生专业人员的沟通方法/策略， 提高脆弱社区居民的COVID 19疫苗接种率 （LaHealthCom） 介绍 洛杉矶按人口计算的COVID-19病例在美国排名第一，病例率为每10万人中有2，960人 死亡率为十万分之九十七，居全国第五位。此外还有 尤其令人不安的是，洛杉矶的人口趋势是黑人占最高比例， 发病率（40.2%）和死亡率（48.7%）居第二位。疫苗预防 COVID-19正在开发中，有29种候选疫苗正在进行临床评估，其中6种在 第三阶段为了降低COVID-19相关的发病率和死亡率，必须 在社区中迅速传播。对医疗保健系统的不信任 大量的实验为新型COVID-19的快速和广泛接受创造了障碍 在弱势群体中采取预防和治疗干预措施。令人惊讶的是，许多少数民族 现在不在脆弱社区生活的卫生保健工作者也不愿意得到 接种疫苗和/或接种疫苗。我们的药学院经常遇到这种情况 在弱势社区诊所工作的卫生保健工作人员中， 药店和教堂这种不情愿也发生在一个值得注意的比例泽维尔的 药学专业的学生 路易斯安那州的基础COVID 19疫苗接种补助金，“路易斯安那州社区参与研究 在受不对称影响的社区中对抗COVID-19联盟”（La-CEAL -附件） 将了解弱势社区居民的看法， COVID-19疫苗接种，以制定有效的媒体和传播策略 关注这些社区的居民，这将增加他们对 解决参与疫苗接种过程和临床试验的障碍。充分 执行这项战略将需要6至9个月时间。然而，各种健康 专业人士已经在与这些居民会面，并在一定程度上 鼓励接种疫苗，并学习如何有效地鼓励居民 接种疫苗，将产生更直接的影响， 会持续一段时间。因此，该提案将首先确定COVID 19的障碍 卫生保健提供者面临的疫苗接种和成功的教育策略， 帮助他们克服这些障碍，并以一种 鼓励居民接种疫苗。第二，以医护人员为重点 在教堂，联邦合格的健康诊所和社区药房工作， 脆弱地区以及泽维尔的药学和医师助理计划学院 这些组织的教职员工和学生，这些数据将用于创建创新的 教育策略，以解决医疗保健专业人员对COVID 19的态度 疫苗接种，并帮助他们发展沟通和信息传递能力， 用于他们所服务的弱势社区的居民。结果教育 方法将在这些相同的教会中实施和测试，联邦资格 脆弱地区的保健诊所和社区药房以及泽维尔医学院 药房和医生助理计划，评估和修订。最后，最佳做法将 在Xavier执行，并向 他们所服务的以及其他健康提供者教育机构，如大学， 医学、护理和药学及其专业继续教育协会。

Project Summary/Abstract Educating Louisiana Health Professionals in communication methods/strategies to increase COVID 19 vaccination rates of residents of vulnerable communities (LaHealthCom) Introduction LA ranks first in the US for COVID-19 cases by population with a case rate of 2,960 per 100,000 and is fifth in deaths by population with a death rate of 97 per 100,000. Furthermore, there are especially disturbing demographic trends in LA with Blacks representing the highest percentage of cases (40.2%) and second highest percentage of deaths (48.7%). Vaccines for prevention of COVID-19 are in development with 29 candidate vaccines in clinical evaluation, of which 6 are in Phase 3. To reduce COVID-19-related morbidity and mortality, an approved vaccine must be disseminated with rapid uptake in the community. Mistrust of the health care system and mistrust of experimentation create barriers to rapid and wide- spread acceptance of novel COVID-19 preventive and therapeutic interventions among vulnerable groups. Surprisingly, many minority health care workers who are not now living in vulnerable communities are also reluctant to get vaccinations and/or to give vaccinations. Our College of Pharmacy have experienced this regularly among the health care staff with whom they work in vulnerable community clinics, community pharmacies and churches. This reluctance also occurs among a noteworthy percentage of Xavier’s pharmacy students. Louisiana’s Base COVID 19 vaccination grant, “Louisiana Community-Engagement Research Alliance against COVID-19 in Disproportionately Affected Communities” (La-CEAL - attached) will achieve understanding of the perceptions of the residents of vulnerable communities about COVID-19 vaccination in order to develop effective media and communication strategies focused on the residents of these communities that will increase their knowledge of, and address barriers to, participation in the vaccination process as well as clinical trials. To fully implement this strategy will take between 6 and 9 months. However, a variety of health professionals are already meeting with these residents and, to the extent they can be encouraged to become vaccinated and learn how to effectively encourage residents of vulnerable communities to become vaccinated, will have an even more immediate impact that will be sustainable over time. As such, this proposal will first, identify barriers to COVID 19 vaccination faced by health care providers and successful educational strategies that could be used to help them overcome these barriers and communicate to vulnerable communities in a manner that encourages residents to be vaccinated. Second, with a focus on health care staff working in churches, Federally Qualified Health Clinics and Community Pharmacies in vulnerable areas as well as Xavier’s College of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant program faculty and students who staff these organizations, this data will be used to create innovative educational strategies to address the attitudes of health care professionals towards COVID 19 vaccination as well as help them develop communication and messaging capabilities to be used on the residents of vulnerable communities they serve. Resultant educational approaches will be implemented and tested in these same churches, Federally Qualified Health Clinics and Community Pharmacies in vulnerable areas as well as Xavier’s College of Pharmacy and Physician Assistant program, evaluated and revised. Finally, best practices will be implemented at Xavier and disseminated to the vulnerable community organizations in which they serve as well as to other health provider educational institutions such as Colleges of medicine, nursing and pharmacy and their professional continuing education associations.