Practice Title: Flint Water Crisis Health Disparity Index - Reaching Those at Highest Risk for COVID-19
Department: Genesee County Health Department
Size: Medium (Population of 50,000-499,999 people)
State: Michigan
Summary of Practice:
Genesee County Health Department serves 400,000 people, with the major city of Flint, Michigan. Flint was the center of the water crisis in 2015, and those effects are still on-going. There has been erosion of both the economy with the Great Recession of 2008, when much of the manufacturing base was moved out of the county, as well as the faith in public health. The goals and objectives of the innovative practice was to use the community partners, many of which had been established during the time of the water crisis, to inform and control vaccine distribution with prioritization of those at highest risk. The innovation was using a "distress-index" developed during the water crisis, which was census tract based, to plan vaccine sites. Putting vaccine clinics in trusted locations throughout the City of Flint, particularly utilizing faith-based partnerships, increased vaccine uptake in areas most at risk.
Flint Water Crisis Health Disparity Index - Reaching Those at Highest Risk for COVID-19
Category
Immunization