Public Health Equity Management

and Pediatric Vaccinations

What factors shape public health?

Health equity means “everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible.¹ This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of access to good jobs with fair pay, quality education and housing, safe environments, and health care.”

80% of Health is Shaped by Factors Outside of Health Care.²

40%

Socioeconomic Factors

Such as education, job status, family/social support, income and community safety.

10%

Physical Environment

30%

Health Behaviors

Such as tobacco use, diet & exercise, alcohol use, and sexual activity.

20%

Health Care

Such as access to care and quality of care.

Common Barriers to Vaccination

Underserved Communities

Historically underserved populations including people of color, rural residents, and others are less likely to receive the vaccine than higher-income, more privileged and urban residents.

Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccine hesitancy refers to delay in acceptance or refusal of vaccines despite availability of vaccine services, and is influenced by factors such as complacency, convenience, and confidence.³

Vaccine Access

Historically, previous health and socioeconomic policies have left a lasting impact where low-income and the underprivileged have endured the effects of concentrated poverty, environmental hazards, and limited access to good schools, jobs, and health care.

With Innoculate, we are working to directly address these preventable and distressing differences.

Case Study: Pediatric Vaccinations

Mira's Case

Mira is 14 and lives in a low-income community
Her source of meals is school
She lives in a single parent home
Her dad can’t take off from work, as he is paid a daily wage
Mira doesn’t get vaccines – getting a vaccine equals losing a meal and income.

The Solution

We enable vaccinations at multiple locations in a community. Little Mira can get her vaccine and stay in school!

FQHCs

Schools

Places of
Worship

Community
Centers

Case Study: Nursing Facility Vaccinations

Grandpa Joe's Case

Lives in nursing facility
Old model: put everyone on a bus –> send them to the clinic

The Solution

Use mobile enabled tablets to bring care to the nursing facility — not just for Grandpa Joe, but also for all his friends. Including screening for:

Hypertension

Diabetes

Macular
Degeneration

Preventative care will result in a decrease in using emergency services and overall savings for state Medicare programs.

HOW INNOCULATE WORKS

How does Innoculate help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution?

Learn how the solution works in this video.

How will Innoculate help you with your vaccine workflows?

See the steps in this solution flowchart.

Note: The solution can be customized for each customer’s flow design and can range from a standard inoculation to mass vaccination drive-through clinics.

Sources

¹ Texas Health Institute. “Advancing Health Equity in Nueces County: Amid and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic.” April 2021, page 9.

² Texas Health Institute. “Advancing Health Equity in Nueces County: Amid and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic.” April 2021, page 8.

³ Robb Butler. “Vaccine Hesitancy: what it means and what we need to know in order to tackle it.” March 2022, page 2.

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