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REFERENCE MATERIAL: Building working relationships to improve public and population health

The Practical Playbook II: Building Multisector Partnerships That Work

A practical guide to consolidating resource and talent across sectors to improve public and population health. ...

See section on  Fundamentals:

  Public health and primary care are natural, foundational partners for addressing the challenges in today's health system. Together, along with other partners, we can improve population health.

See interactive map:  Multi-Sector Partnerships in the US from 2012-Present

Also see the above  link for access to other sections.

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Suggestions on how to deal with Vaccine Hesitancy: Can We Talk?

 .... Public health officials stress that the COVID-19 vaccines will provide the best hope for returning to “normal.” Yet, a recent study from Kaiser Family Foundation revealed one-quarter of the population “probably or definitely would not take the coronavirus vaccine.”   

Much is at stake. For life to return to anything approaching normal, 75% of the population must be immunized. If enough people avoid the vaccine, COVID-19 transmission will continue. Honest, fact-based conversations about the vaccine among family and close friends have an urgency that strikes close to the heart. Since some conversations are likely to be emotionally charged, it’s important to be able to communicate and listen actively. You’ll need to understand your own feelings about the issues, and also deal with someone else’s strong feelings — all while being able to think clearly and stay focused — basic psychoanalytic technique! 

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Early Vaccine Doubters Now Show a Willingness to Roll Up Their Sleeves

Ever since the race to develop a coronavirus vaccine began last spring, upbeat announcements were stalked by ominous polls: No matter how encouraging the news, growing numbers of people said they would refuse to get the shot.

The time frame was dangerously accelerated, many people warned. The vaccine was a scam from Big Pharma, others said. A political ploy by the Trump administration, many Democrats charged. The internet pulsed with apocalyptic predictions from longtime vaccine opponents, who decried the new shot as the epitome of every concern they’d ever put forth.

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Latina doctors with Duke Health get COVID-19 vaccine to show community it's safe

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two Latina doctors at Duke Health are all smiles after getting vaccinated for COVID-19. They're hoping this will let people of color know they can trust the vaccine.

Gabriela Maradiaga-Panayotti is a pediatrician and associate professor at Duke. Viviana Martinez-Bianchi is a family doctor and leads Duke's Health Equity Department for Family Medicine and Community Health.

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Trump Administration Plans a Rushed Effort to Encourage Americans to Be Vaccinated

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration, scrambling to make up for lost time after a halting start, is rushing to roll out a $250 million public education campaign to encourage Americans to take the coronavirus vaccine, which will reach the first patients in the United States this week.

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