TY - JOUR
T1 - Universities as Catalysts for COVID-19 Vaccination
T2 - A Call to Action
AU - Thompson, Amy
AU - Hancher-Rauch, Heidi
AU - Blavos, Alexis
AU - Early, Jody
AU - Brookins-Fisher, Jodi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Universities have the ability to be a strong community collaborator in mitigating the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and ensuring that vaccination becomes a community norm. With their in-house expertise, ability to increase the reach of a message, and potential for vaccinating a large number of people, universities can be at the forefront of leading our country back to prepandemic times. This article discusses how universities can collaborate with communities to ensure mass vaccination, as well as give strategies to increase immunization rates on campus and beyond.
AB - Universities have the ability to be a strong community collaborator in mitigating the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and ensuring that vaccination becomes a community norm. With their in-house expertise, ability to increase the reach of a message, and potential for vaccinating a large number of people, universities can be at the forefront of leading our country back to prepandemic times. This article discusses how universities can collaborate with communities to ensure mass vaccination, as well as give strategies to increase immunization rates on campus and beyond.
KW - advocacy
KW - behavior change
KW - immunization
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106447792&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/15248399211017485
DO - 10.1177/15248399211017485
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85106447792
SN - 1524-8399
VL - 22
SP - 601
EP - 604
JO - Health Promotion Practice
JF - Health Promotion Practice
IS - 5
ER -
