Wyandotte County leads the Kansas City region with an estimated 22% of residents who are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to recent figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Senior Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The figures show the work community leaders still have ahead of them to convince people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The federal agencies recently published estimates of those hesitant and strongly hesitant to get vaccinated. In nearby Johnson County, Kansas, estimates show 15% of residents are hesitant to get a vaccine, along with a similar 15% in Jackson County, Missouri. Health leaders in Wyandotte County cite ongoing efforts to convince Black and Latinx communities to get vaccinated along with regaining trust after a vaccine pause for the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) single-dose shot."We're partnering with churches, different community organizations that have trust in the communities especially with our black and brown members," said Andrea Perdomo-Morales, chief program officer with Vibrant Health. "That has been a strategy that we have continued over this year, and then we'll continue to do that in terms of getting the vaccine out."The Unified Government recently partnered with Vibrant Health and other community organizations to promote the safety of vaccines on social media.They're also promoting community discussions and working to establish vaccine clinics in places people trust."Who the messaging is coming from is crucial, and making sure that those community leaders have the information and the up to date statistics and data on what they need in order to share those with their community members," said Perdomo-Morales.Wyandotte County public health leaders are continuing work to build trust within the community to get people vaccinated. "The quicker we can get people vaccinated and protected, the better off our community is going to be," said Elizabeth Groenweghe, chief epidemiologist with Unified Government Public Health.Groenweghe said staffing and supply are increasing for getting people vaccines."That's the easy work," she said. "The hard work is this long term, building trust with our community."To see the full vaccine hesitancy figures for your county, click here.
Wyandotte County leads the Kansas City region with an estimated 22% of residents who are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to recent figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Senior Services and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The figures show the work community leaders still have ahead of them to convince people to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The federal agencies recently published estimates of those hesitant and strongly hesitant to get vaccinated. In nearby Johnson County, Kansas, estimates show 15% of residents are hesitant to get a vaccine, along with a similar 15% in Jackson County, Missouri.
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Health leaders in Wyandotte County cite ongoing efforts to convince Black and Latinx communities to get vaccinated along with regaining trust after a vaccine pause for the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) single-dose shot.
"We're partnering with churches, different community organizations that have trust in the communities especially with our black and brown members," said Andrea Perdomo-Morales, chief program officer with Vibrant Health. "That has been a strategy that we have continued over this year, and then we'll continue to do that in terms of getting the vaccine out."
The Unified Government recently partnered with Vibrant Health and other community organizations to promote the safety of vaccines on social media.
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They're also promoting community discussions and working to establish vaccine clinics in places people trust.
"Who the messaging is coming from is crucial, and making sure that those community leaders have the information and the up to date statistics and data on what they need in order to share those with their community members," said Perdomo-Morales.
Wyandotte County public health leaders are continuing work to build trust within the community to get people vaccinated.
"The quicker we can get people vaccinated and protected, the better off our community is going to be," said Elizabeth Groenweghe, chief epidemiologist with Unified Government Public Health.
Groenweghe said staffing and supply are increasing for getting people vaccines.
"That's the easy work," she said. "The hard work is this long term, building trust with our community."
To see the full vaccine hesitancy figures for your county, click here.
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