Auguste Brihn, Nava Yeganeh, Olivia Moir, Saloniki Madrid, Rita Singhal, and Andrea A. Kim are with the Vaccine Preventable Disease Control Program, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA. Sonali Kulkarni and Mario Perez are with the Division of HIV and STD Programs, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Am J Public Health. 2023 Dec;113(12):1258-1262. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2023.307409. Epub 2023 Sep 21.
Providing equitable access to vaccines for individuals at risk for mpox was critical for containing the 2022 mpox outbreak in Los Angeles County, California. Eligible non-Hispanic Black/African American and Latinx individuals had lower vaccine uptake than did non-Hispanic White individuals, despite having higher mpox case rates. Strategies to address disparities in vaccine uptake included using familiar messaging technology to reach individuals at risk for mpox, using partnerships with community-based organizations to raise mpox awareness, and bringing vaccines to locations convenient to at-risk individuals to improve access. ( 2023;113(12):1258-1262. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307409).
为有感染猴痘风险的个人提供公平获得疫苗的机会，对于控制加利福尼亚州洛杉矶县 2022 年猴痘疫情至关重要。符合条件的非西班牙裔黑人和拉丁裔个人的疫苗接种率低于非西班牙裔白人，尽管他们的猴痘发病率更高。解决疫苗接种率差异的策略包括使用熟悉的信息传递技术来接触有感染猴痘风险的个人，与社区组织建立伙伴关系来提高对猴痘的认识，以及将疫苗带到方便高危人群的地方，以改善获得疫苗的机会。（2023 年；113（12）：1258-1262。https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307409）。
