The Community Health Response Team: a culturally and linguistically tailored community response to COVID-19 addressing barriers to testing and vaccinations for refugee, immigrant and migrant communities in Atlanta, Georgia

The Community Health Response Team: a culturally and linguistically tailored community response to COVID-19 addressing barriers to testing and vaccinations for refugee, immigrant and migrant communities in Atlanta, Georgia

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta and Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) established a Community Health Response Team in May 2020. The team members represented refugee, immigrant and migrant populations and had expertise in health care and public health. These 18 individuals...

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Main Authors:	Feven Bekele, Kimberly Yu, Sam Archbold, Erin Mann, Elizabeth Dawson-Hahn, Omar Aziz
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-02-01
Series:	Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:	refugees immigrants migrants Community Health vaccines health promotion
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1362705/full

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