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Targeting Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations Using the "Evaluating Vulnerability and Equity" (EVE) Model. Am J Public Health 2022 Feb;112(2):220-222

Date

01/27/2022

Pubmed ID

35080941

Pubmed Central ID

PMC8802590

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2021.306585

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85123905268 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   1 Citation

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted racial and ethnic disparities, most recently in vaccine administration. The EVE (Evaluating Vulnerability and Equity) Model combines a community's vulnerability with vaccination rates to enhance the equity of vaccine distribution in an intentional, targeted manner. When applied to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, two extreme categories of vaccination status were identified to aid in resource allocation and messaging: populations with high vulnerability and low vaccination levels, and, conversely, those with low vulnerability and high vaccinations levels. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(2):220-222. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306585).

Author List

Weston BW, Swingen ZN, Gramann S, Pojar D

Author

Benjamin Weston MD, MPH Associate Professor in the Emergency Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Health Equity
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Models, Theoretical
Social Determinants of Health
Vaccination Coverage
Wisconsin