Case Study
Identifying Community Impacts and Attitudes of COVID‑19 on Health Inequity
September 2020 - March 2022
PROJECT GOALS
Provide COVID-19 education and identify social determinants of health in vulnerable populations
This project aimed to understand the social determinants of health and physical community factors of vulnerable people in the Houston area. With the guidance of a community advisory board, we surveyed vulnerable populations with highly-concentrated COVID-19 exposure rates.
Additionally, we developed a COVID-19 health education repository, as well as an extensive wraparound resource guide, that our community health workers distributed to the public. Alongside our community partners, we also participated in COVID-19 testing and vaccine events.
Counties impacted Harris
PARTNERS
The success of this Texas CEAL Consortium project is due to the dedicated work of our community partners. Community Partners Apartment Complex Managers Baylor College of Medicine CAN DO Houston Dia de la Mujer Latina Grow Unity Resources for Living Harris County Public Health Houston Health Department Rice University University of California Merced
Meet the principal investigator Jasmine J. Opusunju
Dr. Opusunju is a principal investigator for Texas CEAL Consortium, as well as Executive Director of CAN DO Houston. She is also a Clinical Associate Professor at Baylor University in the Department of Public Health.
Project team members
The following research team members contributed to this project.
Honora Swain
Haley Delgado