National Association of Community Health Centers

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health

July

2022

7/31/2022

Yes

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.

16.1.  Provider groups or clinics, only

16.2.  State health departments, only

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)

COVID-19 ONLY

126

INFLUENZA ONLY

Unknown

COVID-19 ONLY

95

INFLUENZA ONLY

unknown

Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Lila G Frederick School, Harambee Park

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

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.

• By 7/02/2022, we completed 7,734 (4,836 Moderna & 2,898 Pfizer) first doses of COVID-19 vaccine, 6,764 (4,321 Moderna, 2,323 Pfizer, & 120 Janssen) second doses, 84 (25 Moderna & 59 Pfizer) third doses, 2,548 (1,503 Moderna, 1008 Pfizer, & 37 Janssen) booster doses, and 260 (187 Moderna & 73 Pfizer) 2^nd booster doses which makes a total of 17,390 COVID-19 Vaccine doses.

• The State COVID Vaccine report can be found at https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-response-reporting#covid-19-vaccine-report-

• We continue to hold COVID-19 Vaccine clinics off-site, please continue to offer vaccinations to all.

• The Mobile team continues to host additional events in concert with various community partnerships.

• We continue to have a Nurse at 632 dedicated to COVID-19 Vaccination, please offer vaccinations to individuals who are scheduled for clinic visit.

• Our Mass Vax Site at Prince Hall Grand Lodge continues to host clinic Monday – Friday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM and walk-ins are welcome. We continue to host evening clinics on Tuesday as well as Saturday clinics.

• Please encourage those who are interested and age eligible (6 months and up for Pfizer and 18 and up for Moderna & Janssen) to get vaccinated and provide them access to scheduling.

• The Pfizer for age 6 months – 11yrs continues to be available, please schedule individuals accordingly.

• Pfizer, Janssen, & Moderna Booster shots (first & second) and third doses of Pfizer & Moderna for eligible individuals and those who self-attest as eligible are available.

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.

We also found out that 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. Because we understand the influence this information will have on people, we believe that our partnership with HAPHI and SDC will make a difference

§  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)

Opportunities for Adult Immunization

Create simplified and consistent outreach materials in different language that is neighborhood specific.

Educate the population to eliminate hesitancy.

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.

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.

One way to monitor efforts are to keep track of the actions that we mentioned in the previous steps. This include: tracking the meetings with our community partners, we will also create spreadsheet of the number of people that participate in our educational events, have sign in sheets for participants. Have clients sign for the gift cards and vouchers that they have received from the program. We will produce reports and present it to the funders as requested.

We will be able to break barriers by following the steps mentioned in this report.

This workplan 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 workplan 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