Crane, Sarah
Mayo Clinic
LaPrincess C. Brewer is with the Division of Preventive Cardiology, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Cynthia Woods and Aarti Patel are with Open Cities Health Center, St Paul, MN. Jennifer Weis, Adeline Abbenyi, and Tabeth
Citations 1
Establishing a SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Drive-Through Collection Site: A Community-Based Participatory Research Partnership With a Federally Qualified Health Center
Woods, Cynthia , Patel, Aarti , Weis, Jennifer A., Abbenyi, Adeline, Sia, Irene G. , Berbari, Elie F. , Crane, Sarah J. , Brewer, LaPrincess C. , Weis, Jennifer, Brockman, Tabetha A. , Berbari, Elie, Crane, Sarah, Doubeni, Chyke A. , Sia, Irene G , Jones, Clarence
American Journal of Public Health | February 18, 2021 | Volume: 111 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 658-662
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected underserved and minority populations in the United States. This is partially attributable to limited access to diagnostic testing from deeply rooted structural inequities precipitating higher infection and mortality rates. We describe the process of establishing a drive-through collection site by leveraging an academic–community partnership between a medical institution and a federally qualified health center in Minnesota. Over 10 weeks, 2006 COVID-19 tests were provided to a socioeconomically disadvantaged population of racial/ethnic minorities and low-income essential workers.