Topic: COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing
Organization Name: UI-Mile Square Health Center
Organization Type: Health Center
Location (city/state): Chicago, Illinois
Special or Vulnerable Population: Public Housing
Challenges: Vaccination distribution, testing, and vaccine hesitancy
Promising Practice: Centralize vaccine center, Latino and Black caucus partnerships
Challenges: Vaccination distribution, testing, and vaccine hesitancy
Promising Practice: Centralize vaccine center, Latino and Black caucus partnerships
UI-Mile Square Health Center located in Chicago, Illinois created a partnership with the University of Illinois, and established a centralized COVID-19 vaccine center to address challenges they experienced in vaccine distribution. At the centralized vaccine center, patients would not only get tested for COVID-19, but they would also offer the vaccine. They have also worked closely with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) and provided trained community health workers to conduct outreach in the community and educate residents of public housing communities on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine and testing. At a larger scale, they also partnered with the Latino and Black caucus and showcased one of their health care providers in the radio to provide information about the myths regarding vaccines.
Source Link: Panel Discussion on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing: Promising Practices, Lessons Learned and Challenges