In Southwest Virginia, Reestablishing a Rural Hospital System Requires Rebuilding Trust
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Rural Americans Are Much Less Likely to Get a Vaccine
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In the Covid-19 vaccine push, no one is speaking Gen Z’s language
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WASHINGTON Useful Covid-19 information isn’t reaching the Instagram generation.
There’s almost no messaging specifically tailored to them from federal or state public health officials. There’s hardly anything official on Tik Tok. And even the limited efforts to reach them where they are like Instagram’s links to its “Covid-19 information center” aren’t working.
Just ask Kymon Palau, a 21-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., who has over 18,000 followers on the site.
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“If I am being honest with you, I probably clicked those tags once back in April of last year and never clicked them again it’s annoying,” Palau said.
People are dying earlier and facing more severe health issues in many rural communities
Some Appalachian and Mississippi Delta communities have been designated ‘medically-underserved’ for decades
Bridging the Great Health Divide: Communities work to combat disparities in Appalachia and the Delta By Jill Riepenhoff, Daniela Molina, Jamie Grey, and Lee Zurik | March 8, 2021 at 8:12 AM EST - Updated March 10 at 12:00 AM
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INDIANOLA, Ms (Great Health Divide) - In Issaquena County, Mississippi nearly a quarter of all babies born here weigh less than 5 1/2 pounds. The county doesn’t have a single doctor.