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- A RAND artist-in-residence and team created a visually stimulating video to explain the research behind vaccination equity.
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More than 75 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But throughout the pandemic, communities of color have seen lower rates of vaccination than white communities.
A recent RAND study examined a nationwide program that seeks to address this problem: the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative (EVI). Supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, EVI aims to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States and, over the longer term, strengthen the public health system to achieve more-equitable outcomes.
RAND artist-in-residence V+J—the artist team of Juan Delcan and Valentina Izaguirre—was inspired by EVI's mission. They produced a video using a “perpetual zoom” technique that transforms this important public health story into a mesmerizing visual journey.
Read the full article about vaccination equity RAND Corporation.