Polling places, pharmacies, and public health: Vote & Vax 2012

D. Shenson, R.T. Moore, W. Benson and L.A. Anderson

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 6, e12-e15

Abstract: 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. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: influenza vaccine, Guam; human; Influenza, Human; organization and management; pharmacy; politics; preventive health service; program development; program evaluation; public health; public health service; Puerto Rico; United States; Virgin Islands (U.S.), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); Guam; Humans; Immunization Programs; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza, Human; Pharmacies; Politics; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Public Health; Puerto Rico; United States; United States Virgin Islands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302628

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