IHP, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Association for State and Health Territorial Officials (ASTHO), IHP has worked to develop a program to build and mobilize capacity within networks of faith-based and community organizations to demonstrate ways to expand reach to vulnerable, at-risk, and minority populations for prevention and treatment of influenza.
By building strong partnerships across a broad range of faith-based, private, and public health organizations, we are able to reach these populations for the prevention of seasonal and pandemic influenza.
Linking and activating these trusted community and faith-based networks makes it possible to engage a broader range of social structural factors that can impact cross-cutting, systemic barriers to health equity.
Project Objectives
- Objective #1: Identify and establish formal engagement with up to 10 diverse multi-sector sites in the U.S. for outreach to vulnerable populations for influenza prevention and treatment.
- Objective #2 : Coordinate capacity building events, community outreach, and replication activities with partner organizations and existing and new sites.
- Objective #3: Strengthen evaluation methods that capture population reach achievements and best practice approaches for recommendations to guide replication and successful future outreach endeavors
Project Accomplishments
- Capacity built beyond and within the 10 site network
- Educated and vaccinated those with limited access
- Increased implementation of influenza vaccination behavior and attitudes survey
- Making public/private partnerships work for those in need
- “Measuring” community infrastructure (networks)
10 unique multi-sector sites reaching out across diverse ethnicities and religious traditions. Click on map to learn more about each site.
