HRSA向得克萨斯州的三个少数少数族裔，低收入人群授予1,030万美元，以提高COVID-19的疫苗接种率

A one-year, $10.3 million dollar grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) was awarded to increase COVID-19 vaccinations through the development and mobilization of existing community-based health and outreach workforces in the state by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UthealthHouston）。

该计划优先考虑得克萨斯州三个地区的低收入和少数族裔人口：休斯顿和哈里斯县，卡梅隆和南德克萨斯州的希达尔戈县以及东德克萨斯州，目的是传播干预措施和服务，以增加德克萨斯州的COVID-19疫苗接种。根据发表在beplay苹果手机能用吗Journal of Internal Medicine，，，，disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among vulnerable/medically underserved populations are even more severe in Texas, particularly in the target regions, than the overall country. Case and fatality rates are also significantly higher in these areas than the rest of the country.

UthealthHouston, including UTHealthSchool of Public Health，，，，McGovern Medical School，，，，and its clinical practice UT Physicians, will work with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler (UTHSCT) and a large group of academic, public health, health care, social service, and community partners to:

• Mobilize and train community outreach workers and patient navigators,
• Educate, motivate, and facilitate access to COVID-19 vaccination,
• 扩大最需要需求的社区的可用资源，以供疫苗接种，
• 建立一个长期，可持续的模型，以解决与COVID-19相关的差距，最终可以重新使用以预防和控制其他疾病。

总体项目负责人玛丽亚·费尔南德斯（Maria E.

Belinda Reininger, DrPH, professor and dean of UTHealth School of Public Health’s Brownsville campus, is a principle investigator for the South Texas component.

Paul McGaha, DO, associate professor and chair of the Department of Community Health at UTHSCT, heads the East Texas part.

领导团队还包括玛西娅·奥托（Marcia Otto），博士学位，人类遗传学和环境科学助理教授；Uthealth公共卫生学院生物统计学助理教授CICI Baur，博士学位。

这个新项目利用了长期存在的合作伙伴关系，通过公共卫生学院健康促进与预防研究中心，疾病控制与预防研究中心以及Uthealth休斯顿休斯顿临床和转化科学中心。beplay苹果手机能用吗通过现有项目以及与州和地方卫生部门，卫生保健系统和社区合作伙伴的合作，现有的基础设施，专业知识和数据将有助于快速有效地部署教育和服务，以增加COVID-19的疫苗接种并保护健康的健康状况德州人。