id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-317668-cc5oyiwp Wieland, Mark L. Mayo Clinic Strategies for COVID-19 Community Engagement With Vulnerable Populations 2020-06-22 .txt text/plain 958 60 39 title: Mayo Clinic Strategies for COVID-19 Community Engagement With Vulnerable Populations The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has impacted vulnerable populations disproportionately, including those affected by socioeconomic disadvantage, racial discrimination, low health literacy, immigration status, and limited English proficiency. Preexisting disparities in chronic diseases that are associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes and less access to health care have resulted in a higher case-fatality rate. Community engagement, "the process of working collaboratively with and through groups of peopleā€¦ to address issues affecting the well-being of those people," 2 can help empower communities in promoting COVID-19 prevention and containment. Herein, we describe some of the CEnR approaches used at Mayo Clinic in response to the needs of medically underserved and socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Leveraging community engaged research partnerships for crisis and emergency risk communication to vulnerable populations in the COVID-19 pandemic ./cache/cord-317668-cc5oyiwp.txt ./txt/cord-317668-cc5oyiwp.txt