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Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center |
3. What month did your organization implement the activities shared in this report.
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15. Total number of new partnerships established with vaccine administrators (e.g., provider groups, health clinics, health departments) to increase vaccination opportunities.
Multicultural Aids Coalition, Haitian American Public Health Initiative, Somali Development Center, Community Caring Clinic, Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Lila G Frederick Pilot School, Harambee Park Event |
Is your organization a health center or other vaccine-administering health entity?
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Questions | COVID-19 ONLY # | INFLUENZA ONLY # | COVID-19 AND INFLUENZA # |
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16.1. Provider groups or clinics, only | N/A | ||
16.2. State health departments, only | N/A | ||
16.3. Local health departments, only | |||
16.4. 2 or more partnerships listed above helped establish vaccination site (e.g., provider groups or clinics, state health departments, local health departments) | N/A | N/A |
17. If known, estimate the total number of people who received a vaccine at any new or existing temporary and/or mobile vaccination site established due to any partnership. If not known, leave blank.
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COVID-19 ONLY | |
INFLUENZA ONLY | Unknown |
18. If known, estimate how many of the total number of people who received a vaccine represent members of racial and ethnic population(s) of focus. If not known, leave blank.
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COVID-19 ONLY | |
INFLUENZA ONLY | unknown |
19. At how many unique street addresses did your organization establish a temporary and/or mobile COVID-19 or influenza vaccination site, due to any partnership?
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Move to question 20 if your organization did not establish any vaccination sites during this reporting period.
Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Lila G Frederick School, Harambee Park |
20. If applicable, describe any new educational campaigns conducted for healthcare providers or healthcare professionals, including topics covered and types of providers and professionals reached.
Health Information (e.g., forms and factsheets) |
Communications with Clients, Partners, and Community |
Relationship with Media |
Physical Environment |
Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation |
Internal Communication and Policies |
Other factors: CLAS |
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THIS IS THE FINAL SECTION OF THE REPORT - IF POSSIBLE, PLEASE LIMIT ALL RESPONSES TO 5 SENTENCES OR LESS. |
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If applicable, include the web addresses related to the new, major successes mentioned in your response.
We continue to have at-home rapid antigen test kits and N-95 masks from HRSA that are available to staff, patients, and community members.
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22. What new, major challenges would your organization like to discuss during future program check-ins?
During the pandemic, we found that the Somali and Haitian immigrant communities rely heavily on information provided by their peers, friends, family members, radio, and social media in their own language. One obstacle that we face is that we need to break the circle of misinformation that people have. Some members of our community are still hesitant with vaccines and translating the information, workshops will be a great way to disseminate the messages.With the community we serve, and our positions in the Community, HSNHC is an excellent community organization to uphold the standards this work requires. But when reaching those who have hesitancy, it is important to see the members of our community, easy access, and information that is translated into their own language.One more obstacle that we face is that we need to break the circle of misinformation that people have. The unvaccinated Somali and Haitian immigrant communities rely on information provided by their own peers. They get information from friends, family members, radio, and social media. This can create hesitation when it comes to the vaccine. Because we understand the influence this information will have on people, we believe that our partnership with HAPHI and SDC will make a difference |
23. What additional information would you like to share about any partnerships with local organizations, coalitions, community projects, vaccination providers, or health departments? List the names of new partners and their contributions to program activities when possible.
§ Champions: ¨ Somali Development Center (SDC) ¨ Haitian-American Public Health Initiatives (HAPHI) § Allies: ¨ HSNHC Covid Team. § Workgroups/Committee participation Members: ¨ BPHC COVID-19 Community Awareness
§ List partner(s) with MOUs: ¨ HAPHI (Haitian American Health Initiative) ¨ SDC (Somali Development Center) |
24. What additional context would you like to share about any of the answers provided in this report?
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24a. What would you like to share about equipping influential messengers?
Opportunities for Adult Immunization |
Create simplified and consistent outreach materials in different language that is neighborhood specific. |
Educate the population to eliminate hesitancy and to provide comfort. |
Develop innovative strategies to help disseminate the news and information. |
Advertising with zip code targeting. |
Develop trust and an opportunity to ask questions. |
To get the expected results, learn from methods that are successful. |
To ensure that the workplan is adhering to the mission, vision, and values. |
Develop a cultural and linguistically appropriate services to improve the quality of services that are provided. |
24b. What would you like to share about vaccination opportunities and provider partnerships?
Get access to the different help we provide. | Accessibly | Provide Charlie cards and other means of transportation to anyone facing challenges. |
Understand and define Health Literacy. | Education | Promotions, brochures. Mostly in different languages. |
Other relevant Information available in other languages. | Competent translators | Create flyers in different languages. This work will be monitored by HSNHC, SDC in particular will help with their own translation. |
Create trust between us and the community we serve | Influence by family members/other acquaintances | Reach out to family members that have hesitancy. |
Reach out to the population that have strong opinions about this particular pandemic in general | Religions/ Beliefs | Create a safe space for dialogue. All exchange will be done with respect and with culturally competent leaders. |
Access to adequate social media news. Fight myths and fake news. | Social Media | Raise awareness through our own social media and advertisement. |
24c. What would you like to share about barriers to vaccine uptake?
We will be able to break barriers by following the steps mentioned in this report. This plan and the goals and objectives stated here will be the guide to implementation. We will follow through with each goal and objective and carry out the objectives, strategies and action plans indicated in the goals. The Program manager will be responsible to make sure that the plan is implemented in collaboration with SDC and HAPHI. Because of the religious component of working with the Somali community, Munira (SDC Coordinator) is focusing more on one-on-one dialogue and outreach with the Somali Community. On the other hand, HAPHI has weekly events at their location at Blue Hill Avenue and all the materials: flyers and brochures will be distributed in those groups
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