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Medical mistrust, misinformation factor into Latino vaccine hesitancy

Female wearing a whale face mask has band aid on right arm where a covid vaccine was received

Lack of trusted medical sources, traumatic past experiences with medical care and widespread misinformation have contributed to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Latino communities.

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Community Engagement Features Nutrition Public Health

Former OSU Women’s Basketball player re-connects with the community to serve up meals to Oregon’s frontline workers

Volunteers, health care workers and more from Selfless Servings gather for a group photo at their final event

Teaming up with a CPHHS professor, Mikayla Pivec, ’20 created Selfless Servings to deliver meals to Oregon’s frontline workers throughout the pandemic.

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Alumna combines passions to create healthy futures

Ashley Vaughn with trees in background

Get to know Ashley Vaughn, the College of Public Health and Human Sciences’ newest public health instructor.

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Community Engagement Features Public Health

Extension begins grassroots effort to increase vaccine uptake among Latinos

Jamie and Rafael speak to a young Latino woman about the local vaccine clinic happening in Newberg, Oregon

OSU Extension accelerates its local outreach to improve vaccine confidence and uptake in Oregon’s Latino population.

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Grad student saw Latinx community struggling, so she leaped into action, addressing food insecurity and removing barriers to health

sunflower butter and other canned goods on a shelf

Doctoral student Nancy Vargas saw Oregon’s Latinx communities struggling with food insecurity, so she stepped up to help get them the resources they needed.

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New grant will help OSU researchers find ways to prevent injury in Dungeness crab industry

Boats at a marina where researchers met with crabbers

OSU professors Jay Kim and Laurel Kincl will build on existing research with the Dungeness crab fishing industry, where workers suffer high rates of both fatal and non-fatal injuries, thanks to a grant from the NIOSH.