PHI news
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