This toolkit is a collection of resources that can aid mobile clinics in their response to COVID-19. It includes resources about essential topics like safety and infection control and the “soft skills” necessary to adapt during times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic is an evolving situation and best practices may change as new information becomes available. Check back often as more resources are added.
Thank you to The Leon Lowenstein Foundation for funding this project.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin covering up to 8 free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests each month starting in early sprint. This new initiaitve will enable payment from Medicare directly to particpating pharmacies to allow Medicare beneficiaries to pick up tests at no cost.
The CDC recently updated it recommendations saying that N95, KN95 and other disposable masks are more effective than cloth masks. The cost can add up! Can you safely reuse them? This article explains the steps needed to resue masks amd can be helpful for your staff to reduce waste and costs -a win win. this might also be helpful to share with cleints who are concerns about cost and avaiability of getting proper masks.
This is a printable poster that reminds us to keep our vaccine record card safe, where we may need to show it, and how to get a replacement if necessary.
Recent recommendations have stated that wearing just a cloth mask alone is not enough to protect you from the Omicron variant. "We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask,"
This week we would like to celebrate the efforts of The Night Ministry’s Street Medicine team of health care providers, social workers, and outreach professionals that bring care directly to medically underserved areas throughout Chicago. The struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in a sharp uptick in opioid-related overdoses and deaths, especially amongst Chicago’s local homeless populations.
As COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts continue, older adults and individuals with disabilities may still face challenges to accessing the vaccine or reaching vaccination sites. These resources from the CDC outline key considerations and examples to ensure more equitable and accessible distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, especially for populations of older adults and people with disabilities.
Social media can be a useful tool to distribute your mobile clinic's messages and engage with the local community. This guide describes strategies and practical steps to increase your media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Google.
"When can my child get vaccinated?" This is a question that is on a lot of people's minds right now. While there is no set timeline for when this can happen, this page from the Boston Children's Hospital explains what is currently in the works for approving the vaccine in children.
Utilizing social media can help your mobile clinic to spread its message and educate local communities about key COVID-19 vaccine developments.
Social media allows professionals in the health care industry to amplify their voices to a much larger audience.
This short article and video highlight how a Harvard doctor and medical student decided to increase vaccination rates in underserved neighborhoods in Boston by founding GOTVax. They use tactics from the organization Get Out to Vote in order to reach community members. The methods used by GOTVax may be helpful for future mobile clinics trying to increase vaccination rates and make vaccines more accessible.
Read MoreMadison, Wisconsin’s vaccinated population coverage reaches 70%; however, racial disparities are present. Mobile health clinics are being used to help combat these disparities.
Read MoreFootball player Jonathan Ward is giving back to his community in Kankakee working with it's mobile clinic to provide the Pfizer vaccine free of charge to patients before going back for his second NFL season with the Arizona Cardinals.
Read MoreThe Sarasota NAACP chapter is working with a ministry from Miami to bring COVID vaccines via mobile clinics to communities of color.
Read MoreAs part of the COVID-19 vaccination process, it's important to do outreach with the community that you serve and assess the situation, especially in regard to vaccine confidence and knowledge. This CDC question bank contains 54 questions that fall into different categories designed to help you better understand the demographic of your community.
Read MoreSocial media can be a useful tool to distribute your mobile clinic's messages and engage with the local community. This guide describes strategies and practical steps to increase your media presence on platforms such as Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Tik Tok, and Google.
Read MoreIt's super important that your patients feel confident in the COVID-19 vaccines that they're receiving. Part of the job of a healthcare worker, in addition to administering the vaccine, is to inspire confidence in the vaccine and help answer any questions that the patient may have.
Read MoreAs many of your adult patients become vaccinated, they may have questions regarding the timing and safety of a COVID-19 vaccine for their children. This page from the Cook Children's Hospital, which contains answers to frequently asked questions regarding a pediatric COVID-19 vaccine along with several video explanations by physicians, is a good resource to distribute to parents
Read MoreAs the COVID-19 vaccine has become available for all individuals ages 16+ across the U.S., the next challenge is to increase vaccine demand. Outreach to wary communities is essential to increase vaccination numbers and bring us one step closer to reaching herd immunity.
Read MoreThe COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated health disparities across the public health sector. Significant vaccine mistrust and inequitable distribution has lead to growing gaps in vaccine uptake in certain populations.
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