Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-07T07:33:24 RDF description of Increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage for newcomer communities: the importance of disaggregation by language - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn32735 Vaccination COVID-19 Vaccines 1 public Coronavirus Infections 36508 Prevention 109 Language <p>The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected refugee, immigrant, and migrant populations. Vaccines are essential for decreasing transmission and severity of COVID-19 infection. Understanding differences in vaccination coverage based on preferred language is crucial for focusing efforts to decrease COVID-19-related disparities. Four sites in the Minnesota Center of Excellence in Newcomer Health collaboratively evaluated completion of primary COVID-19 vaccination series on or before December 31, 2021, for patients who were 12 years or older on June 30, 2021, by preferred language. The non-English/non-Spanish speaking population included 46,714 patients who spoke 174 languages; COVID-19 vaccination coverage by language ranged from 26.2% to 88.0%. Stratifying vaccination coverage by specific language is a critical first step toward dismantling disparities and shaping interventions that best meet the needs of communities served.<p> 10.4269/ajtmh.22-0724 21284 Immigrants document-rn32735 COVID-19 Increasing COVID-19 vaccination coverage for newcomer communities: the importance of disaggregation by language 2023-07-14T22:22:34.895-05:00 American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Healthcare Disparities