Communities with an anchor institution have higher coronavirus vaccination rates.
Alexandra HarrisClaude R MaechlingJane L HollMegan McHughPublished in: The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association (2022)
Efforts by anchors to encourage vaccination may have been successful, and that anchors may be well positioned to amplify public health messages. However, the influence and efforts of anchors to increase vaccination did not fully mitigate disparities in vaccination rates by race, ethnicity, and political party allegiance.