Denver Health & Hospital Authority, Denver, Colorado.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2023 Apr 17;109(1):90-93. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0724. Print 2023 Jul 5.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations. Vaccines are essential for decreasing transmission and severity of COVID-19 infection. Understanding differences in vaccination coverage based on preferred language is crucial for focusing efforts to decrease COVID-19-related disparities. Four sites in the Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health collaboratively evaluated completion of primary COVID-19 vaccination series on or before December 31, 2021, for patients who were 12 years or older on June 30, 2021, by preferred language. The non-English/non-Spanish speaking population included 46,714 patients who spoke 174 languages; COVID-19 vaccination coverage by language ranged from 26.2% to 88.0%. Stratifying vaccination coverage by specific language is a critical first step toward dismantling disparities and shaping interventions that best meet the needs of communities served.
新冠疫情大流行对难民、移民和移民人口造成了不成比例的影响。疫苗对于降低新冠病毒感染的传播和严重程度至关重要。了解基于首选语言的疫苗接种覆盖率差异，对于集中精力减少与新冠病毒相关的差异至关重要。明尼苏达州新移民健康卓越中心的四个站点合作评估了在 2021 年 12 月 31 日或之前完成主要新冠疫苗接种系列的情况，患者在 2021 年 6 月 30 日年满 12 岁，首选语言。非英语/非西班牙语患者包括讲 174 种语言的 46714 名患者；按语言划分的新冠疫苗接种率从 26.2%到 88.0%不等。按特定语言分层疫苗接种覆盖率是消除差异并制定最符合服务社区需求的干预措施的关键第一步。
