Community Organizations, Local Health Equity Action Teams, and a Learning Collaborative to Address COVID-19 Disparities in Urban and Rural Communities.

Ellerbeck, Edward F; Collie-Akers, Vicki L; Ablah, Elizabeth; Landry, Sarah; Honn, Allison; Obermeier, Sara; Ramirez, Mariana; Chen, Yvonnes et al. · Am J Public Health · 2024

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Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Kansas worked with 10 Kansas counties from November 2020 through June 2022 to form local health equity action teams (LHEATs), develop COVID-19 testing strategies, foster communication about COVID-19, and share best practices through a learning collaborative. Participating counties documented 693 distinct COVID-19 testing and 178 communication activities. Although the intervention was not associated with changes in the proportion of positive COVID-19 tests, LHEATs in the learning collaborative implemented new testing strategies and responded to emerging COVID-19 challenges. (<i>Am J Public Health</i>. 2024;114(11):1202-1206. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307771).

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