Coalition of Faith Leaders, Community Organizations, and Governmental Organizations to Implement a COVID-19 Campaign in a Latino Neighborhood, Baltimore, Maryland, 2020-2021

Am J Public Health. 2022 Nov;112(S9):S913-S917. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307074.

Abstract

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on low-income Latinos with limited access to health care services prompted the expansion of community-based COVID-19 services. From June 25, 2020, to May 20, 2021, we established a coalition of faith leaders, community organizations, and governmental organizations to implement a Spanish-language hotline and social media campaign that linked people to a COVID-19 testing site at a local church in a high-density Latino neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland. This retrospective analysis compared the characteristics of Latinos accessing testing in community versus health care facility-based settings. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(S9):S913-S917. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307074).

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Baltimore
  • COVID-19 Testing*
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • COVID-19* / prevention & control
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Retrospective Studies