Latinos

The project was formed by USF faculty members to combat COVID-19 misinformation but has expanded to include a range of health topics.

Kerry Sheridan and Stephanie Colombini spent several months listening to groups invested in the health of communities of color. In this episode of Florida Matters, they talk about the project.

Despite a wide variety of challenges from job loss to distrust of the establishment, the success the Hispanic community has seen could help other communities tackle vaccine hesitancy.

Dr. Raul Pino says there are pockets of the Orlando-area Latino community that still aren't vaccinated for COVID and that access problems include the inability to take time off the job to get the shot.

A statewide organization representing farmworkers is raising alarms about food insecurity as resources made available during the pandemic begin to cut back.

Black Americans' vaccination rates still trail other groups, while Hispanics show improvement. In Florida, 26% of white people have received a COVID-19 shot, compared with 13% of Blacks.

A survey shows that unvaccinated Hispanics are almost twice as likely as unvaccinated Blacks or whites to want a COVID shot. Many still face a variety of access problems, ranging from fear to time squeeze.

Language barriers and other factors can make it harder for Latino residents to get vaccinated in Florida. Community groups and government agencies are trying to change that.

It's not a matter of vaccine hesitancy, say advocates. Instead, poorly located clinics, lack of flexible appointments and other barriers to access are hampering Philadelphia's hardest-hit communities.

Surveys show that support for COVID-19 vaccines is rising among Black and Latino populations, now that tens of millions of Americans have safely received the shots.