Reach and Engagement With Population Health Management Interventions to Address COVID-19 Among Safety-Net Health Care Systems

Chelsey R Schlechter; Tatyana V Kuzmenko; Brian Orleans; Jennifer Wirth; Kimberly A Kaphingst; Bryan Gibson; Kensaku Kawamoto; Tracey Siaperas; Alan Pruhs; Courtney Pariera Dinkins; Tom Greene; Yue Zhang; Jonathan J Chipman; Michael Friedrichs; Cho Y Lam; Joni H Pierce; Emerson P Borsato; Ryan C Cornia; Leticia Stevens; Anna Martinez; Richard L Bradshaw; Rachel Hess; Guilherme Del Fiol; David W Wetter

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2024.307770

Reach and Engagement With Population Health Management Interventions to Address COVID-19 Among Safety-Net Health Care Systems

Am J Public Health. 2024 Nov;114(11):1207-1211. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307770.

Authors

Chelsey R Schlechter¹, Tatyana V Kuzmenko¹, Brian Orleans¹, Jennifer Wirth¹, Kimberly A Kaphingst¹, Bryan Gibson¹, Kensaku Kawamoto¹, Tracey Siaperas¹, Alan Pruhs¹, Courtney Pariera Dinkins¹, Tom Greene¹, Yue Zhang¹, Jonathan J Chipman¹, Michael Friedrichs¹, Cho Y Lam¹, Joni H Pierce¹, Emerson P Borsato¹, Ryan C Cornia¹, Leticia Stevens¹, Anna Martinez¹, Richard L Bradshaw¹, Rachel Hess¹, Guilherme Del Fiol¹, David W Wetter¹

Affiliation

¹ Chelsey R. Schlechter, Cho Y. Lam, and David W. Wetter are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Tatyana V. Kuzmenko, Kensaku Kawamoto, Joni H. Pierce, Emerson P. Borsato, Ryan C. Cornia, Leticia Stevens, Richard L. Bradshaw, and Guilherme Del Fiol are with the Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City. Brian Orleans, Jennifer Wirth, and Anna Martinez are with the Center for Health Outcomes and Population Equity, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Kimberly A. Kaphingst is with the Department of Communication, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Bryan Gibson is with the School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Tracey Siaperas, Alan Pruhs, and Courtney Pariera Dinkins are with the Association for Utah Community Health, Salt Lake City. Tom Greene, Yue Zhang, and Jonathan J. Chipman are with the Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Michael Friedrichs is with the Utah Department of Health and Human Services, Salt Lake City. Rachel Hess is with the Departments of Population Health Sciences and Internal Medicine, Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Abstract

Interventions designed to address COVID-19 needed to be rapidly scaled up to the population level, and to address health equity by reaching historically marginalized populations most affected by the pandemic (e.g., racial/ethnic minorities and rural and low socioeconomic status populations). From February 2021 to June 2022, SCALE-UP Utah used text messaging interventions to reach 107 846 patients from 28 clinics within seven safety-net health care systems. Interventions provided informational and motivational messaging regarding COVID-19 testing and vaccination, and were developed using extensive community partner input. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(11):1207-1211. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307770).

MeSH terms

COVID-19 Testing
COVID-19 Vaccines / administration & dosage
COVID-19* / epidemiology
COVID-19* / prevention & control
Health Equity
Humans
Pandemics / prevention & control
Population Health Management
SARS-CoV-2
Safety-net Providers* / organization & administration
Text Messaging
Utah

Substances

COVID-19 Vaccines

Abstract

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding