COVID-19 Disparities Among Marshallese Pacific Islanders

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In northwest Arkansas, the Marshallese community has experienced a disproportionate COVID-19 burden. This response plan, funded by the CARES act, hired English/Marshallese bilingual staff to provide contact tracing, navigation, and other types of response. Staff that were not bilingual participated in cultural humility training.

Resource Details

  • Population: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • Geographic Areas of Implementation: Rural
  • Topics of Practice: Contact Tracing|Organizational Change/ Development|Outreach/ Education/ Communications|Vaccination
  • Outcomes of Interest: Advancing Racial Equity|Capacity Building|Improve Organizational Infrastructure|Reduction of Health Disparities
  • Level of Evidence: Promising
  • Tools or Materials Included in Resource: No
  • Social Determinants of Health: Social and Community Context
  • Outside of US: No