Identifying COVID-19 Vaccine Deserts and Ways to Reduce Them: A Digital Tool to Support Public Health Decision-Making.

Weintraub, Rebecca L; Miller, Kate; Rader, Benjamin; Rosenberg, Julie; Srinath, Shreyas; Woodbury, Samuel R; Schultheiss, Marinanicole D; Kansal, Mansi et al. · Am J Public Health · 2023

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Abstract

A private-academic partnership built the Vaccine Equity Planner (VEP) to help decision-makers improve geographic access to COVID-19 vaccinations across the United States by identifying vaccine deserts and facilities that could fill those deserts. The VEP presented complex, updated data in an intuitive form during a rapidly changing pandemic situation. The persistence of vaccine deserts in every state as COVID-19 booster recommendations develop suggests that vaccine delivery can be improved. Underresourced public health systems benefit from tools providing real-time, accurate, actionable data. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2023;113(4):363-367. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307198).

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