Ohio’s COVID-19 Populations Needs Assessment

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Watch the Nov. 10 2020 Needs Assessment webinar with Professors Julianna Nemeth and Tasleem Padamsee

Ohio’s COVID-19 Populations Needs Assessment is a statewide evaluation that aims to improve the ability of Ohioans to prevent COVID-19 transmission and minimize its impacts on communities. Based on input from 363 stakeholders representing six Ohio populations, this document describes critical barriers these communities face and recommends strategies for overcoming each barrier. This Needs Assessment describes specific actions that networks of collaborators at community, local, and state levels can take to facilitate access to COVID-19 protections, reduce infections and deaths, and set the stage for long-term reduced health disparities and improved health outcomes across the state. The Needs Assessment can be used to inform COVID-19 response, recovery, research, and policy formulation activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Full Report: Ohio’s COVID-19 Populations Needs Assessment

 

• Executive Summary
• Executive Summary and Table 1. Selected Recommendations for Key Audiences
• Executive Summary – Translated Version in Spanish
• Executive Summary – Translated Version in Simplified Chinese
• Executive Summary – Translated in Arabic
• Executive Summary – Translated in Somali

 

• Findings & Recommendations for Black and African American Communities
• Findings & Recommendations for Latino and Hispanic American Communities
• Findings & Recommendations for Asian and Asian American Communities
• Findings & Recommendations for Immigrant and Refugee Communities
• Findings & Recommendations for Rural Communities
• Findings & Recommendations for Ohioans with Disabilities

 

 

• Findings Relevant to All of the CDC’s Public Health Strategies to Combat COVID-19
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Hygiene Practices
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Social Distancing
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Mask-Wearing and PPE
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to COVID-19 Testing
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Contact Tracing
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Isolation and Self-Quarantining
  • Barriers and Solutions Specific to Healthcare Access

 

• Minimizing the Impacts of COVID-19 on Ohio’s Populations: Top-Level Recommendations from the Needs Assessment

 

• Full List of Community Linkages and Resources from Ohio’s COVID-19 Populations Needs Assessment