The Development and Implementation of a COVID-19 Project ECHO: A Program for Community Health Workers Serving Populations from Rural and Medically Underserved Areas in South Texas
Recto, P., Lesser, J., Zapata, J., Jr, Moreno-Vasquez, A., Gandara, E., Zavala Idar, A., & Castilla, M. (2022). The Development and Implementation of a COVID-19 Project ECHO: A Program for Community Health Workers Serving Populations from Rural and Medically Underserved Areas in South Texas. Issues in mental health nursing, 43(2), 184-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2021.1954449
Abstract
The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic that has swept our country has led to significant community-wide disruptions in all sectors of public and private life. In the weeks and months following the pandemic, many communities faced inadequate access to essential supplies such as food and diapers, reduced access to health care, and a widening digital divide. To date, Texas has had over 2.9 million cases of infections and 52,000 deaths from COVID-19. The devastations of the pandemic in Texas have intensified the longstanding structural drivers of health inequities such as adverse working conditions, growing economic disparities, and limited resources and access to essential goods and healthcare services.