Shenson Douglas, Moore Ryan T, Benson William, Anderson Lynda A
Douglas Shenson is with SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration), Newton, MA, and Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Ryan T. Moore is with the Department of Government, American University, Washington, DC. William Benson is with Health Benefits ABCs, Silver Spring, MD. Lynda A. Anderson is with the Division of Population Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Am J Public Health. 2015 Jun;105(6):e12-5. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302628. Epub 2015 Apr 16.
US national elections, which draw sizable numbers of older voters, take place during flu-shot season and represent an untapped opportunity for large-scale delivery of vaccinations. In 2012, Vote & Vax deployed a total of 1585 clinics in 48 states; Washington, DC; Guam; Puerto Rico; and the US Virgin Islands. Approximately 934 clinics were located in pharmacies, and 651 were near polling places. Polling place clinics delivered significantly more vaccines than did pharmacies (5710 vs 3669). The delivery of vaccines was estimated at 9379, and approximately 45% of the recipients identified their race/ethnicity as African American or Hispanic. More than half of the White Vote & Vax recipients and more than two thirds of the non-White recipients were not regular flu shot recipients.
美国全国性选举吸引了大量老年选民,选举在流感疫苗接种季举行,这是大规模接种疫苗的一个尚未开发的机会。2012年,“投票与接种”在48个州、华盛顿特区、关岛、波多黎各和美属维尔京群岛共设立了1585个诊所。约934个诊所设在药店,651个在投票站附近。投票站诊所接种的疫苗比药店显著更多(5710剂对3669剂)。疫苗接种量估计为9379剂,约45%的接种者将自己的种族/族裔认定为非裔美国人或西班牙裔。超过一半的白人“投票与接种”接种者以及超过三分之二的非白人接种者并非常规流感疫苗接种者。