Emerging
Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.

Using mobile clinics to deliver care to difficult-to-reach populations: A COVID-19 practice we should keep

Leibowitz, A., Livaditis, L., Daftary, G., Pelton-Cairns, L., Regis, C., Taveras, E.

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Peer Review Study

Vaccination
Social and Community Context
Tools Included
Outside U.S.
ACCESS RESOURCE
Network of people

Partnerships and Collaboration

In the United States, mobile health clinics are an important method for delivering high quality care to medically underserved populations. To address declining vaccination coverage among young children in Boston during the pandemic, Mattapan Community Health Center (Mattapan) and Codman Square Health Center (Codman Square) partnered with the Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers to deploy a pediatric mobile health clinic as an adjunct to their in-person clinical services.

Resource Details

Outcomes of Interest

Reduction of Health Disparities

Priority Population(s)

Youth and Young Adults

Setting(s) of Implementation

Community

Geographic Area of Implementation

Urban

Implementation Period

2020