Decreasing Influenza Vaccination Disparity Rates by Utilization of Hotspot Deployments of a Mobile Health Vehicle

Author

Geneveve Deasis Tejada, University of St. Augustine for Health SciencesFollow

Date of Award

Spring 4-7-2024

Document Type

Scholarly Project

Degree Name

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

First Advisor

Sheri Jacobson

Second Advisor

Tracy Abrams

Abstract

Practice Problem: Influenza vaccination for Black/African American patients is historically lower than White patients across all healthcare organizations (Quinn, 2018). In the organization’s 2022 performance, only 13.98% of Black/African American patients ages 19 and older were vaccinated compared to 27.81% of White/Caucasian patients.

PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was for Black/African American patients ages 19 and older receiving care from primary care clinics in Southeast San Diego (P), what is the impact of adding access to influenza vaccinations through hotspot-driven MHV deployments (I) compared to usual vaccination delivery in the medical office building (MOB) (C) on influenza vaccine disparity rates (O) in 8 weeks (T)?

Evidence: Gaining rapport and trust from the patients, engaging the community, and improving access to care aided in the increased uptake of vaccinations for patients.

Intervention: Hot spot-driven deployments of the organization’s mobile health vehicle was leveraged to improve Black/African American patient influenza vaccination rates.

Outcome: The overall disparity rate between Black/African American and White/Caucasian patients in the target zip codes decreased in 2023. The successful vaccination percentage increased for the 91977-zip code and the MHV.

Conclusion: The project’s practice change plan assisted a large Southern California healthcare organization improve influenza vaccination rates by leveraging the MHV’s hotspot-driven deployments. Despite the lack of statistical significance, the project increased the percentage of patients receiving their vaccinations from the MHV and established a new community partnership for vaccination access.

Comments

Scholarly project submitted to the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice

Recommended Citation

Tejada, G. D. (2024). Decreasing Influenza Vaccination Disparity Rates by Utilization of Hotspot Deployments of a Mobile Health Vehicle. [Doctoral project, University of St Augustine for Health Sciences]. SOAR @ USA: Student Scholarly Projects Collection. https://doi.org/10.46409/sr.TBCF5693

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