Office of Health Equity works to vaccinate minority populations lagging behind
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The Office of Health Equity at the Arkansas Department of Health is making a major push to get minority populations vaccinated for COVID-19.
Recent data from the ADH shows minority races are falling behind in vaccines. Right now in Arkansas, about 77.5 percent of those vaccinated are white. © Provided by KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff
Director of the Office of Health Equity, Michelle Smith, said making sure minority groups are vaccinated is important in mitigating the disproportionate impacts on people of color, preventing widening health disparities, and achieving broad population immunity.
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BRATTLEBORO â Wichie Artu hopes the success of vaccination clinics reaching racial groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19 is used as a model in future health initiatives and infrastructure.
âI plan to be in conversations with different racial justice organizations in Vermont including in those places that usually donât have advocacy,â said Artu, who is second vice president of the Windham County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. âItâs just got to keep going.â
Work towards a more equitable health care system doesnât stop after the COVID-19 pandemic, Artu said. He noted the Vermont Legislature is considering a bill that would create the Office of Health Equity.