JPHMP Direct May 9, 2024
A documentary from the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) movingly shows how community members and organizations banded together with the health department to provide testing and vaccine equity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SFDPH developed the film, “Heart of Access,” alongside community partners and with funding from a Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) and an Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Among other things, the flexible PHIG funding supports local health departments in strengthening community relationships.
As the film explores, in the early stages of the pandemic, SFDPH quickly identified communities that were the hardest hit. The health department united with community organizations, health care systems, and academic partners to implement...
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