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OSU accelerates local efforts to improve Latinx vaccine confidence and uptake

Volunteer group photo, all wearing face masks
Volunteers pose at the Latinx Health Fair and vaccination clinic at St. Frederic Catholic Church on June 6. The clinic was coordinated by Consejo Hispano, the Oregon Health Authority, and Columbia County Public Health.

Oregon State is accelerating its local outreach to improve confidence in COVID-19 vaccines in the state’s Latinx population, which has been disproportionately affected by the pandemic and whose vaccination rate lags behind other races and ethnicities.

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2019 Vice Provost Awards for Excellence

Improving Health Across Oregon Through Blue Zones Partnership, a project led by Lauren Kramer with Patty Case, Cheryl Kirk and Mandy Hatfield, received one of just 10 2019 Vice Provost Awards for Excellence at a ceremony held last week.