Eliminating COVID-19 Disparities in Partnership with Underserved/Vulnerable Transnational Communities of Arizona

Principal Investigator: Flavio Marsiglia 

Funding: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2021-2023

This project aims to implement and evaluate a multi-faceted promotora-led intervention in border communities including Nogales/Rio Rico, Douglas, Yuma/San Luis/Somerton, and Tohono O’odham Nation. This project aims to increase access to testing and related services for vulnerable and underserved transnational communities. In a partnership between Arizona State University (ASU), Equality Health Foundation (EHF) and other community organizations and leaders, this project empowers local communities, is data driven, and creates capacity for community-driven delivery of care.

Hernandez-Salinas, C., Marsiglia, F. F., Oh, H., Campos, A. P., & De La Rosa, K. (2022). Community health workers as Puentes/bridges to increase COVID-19 health equity in Latinx communities of the southwest U.S. Journal of Community Health, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-022-01182-5

Oh, H., Marsiglia, F. F., Pepin, S., Ayers, S., & Wu, S. (2023). Health behavior and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic among vulnerable and underserved Latinx in the southwest USA. Prevention Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-023-01512-6

Shen, F. L., Shu, J., Lee, M., Oh, H., Li, M., Runger, G., Marsiglia, F. F., & Liu, L. (2023). Evolution of COVID-19 health disparities in Arizona. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-023-01449-6