| Responder |
Elizabeth Long |
| Project Title |
Increasing Accessibility to Flu Vaccines to the Underinsured of Bexar County |
| Start Date |
11/5/22 |
| End Date |
11/5/22 |
| Project Location: City |
San Antonio |
| Project Location: County |
Bexar |
| Other Student Leaders |
Camille, McSherry, Medical/Public Health; Claire, Sundjaja, Medical |
| Community Partner Organization |
University Health & 01 Farmers Market |
| CSL Mentor – Name |
Tatiana Cordova |
| Other Mentors |
Marissa Emadi, MD; Christopher Alcorta, MD |
| Is this project interprofessional? |
Yes |
| Professions Represented |
Medicine,Medicine/Public Health (MD/MPH) |
| Project Category |
Outreach |
| Project Activities |
Health Education,Vaccinations |
| Is this project conducted as part of a student organization? |
Yes |
| Student Organization Name |
Frontera De Salud |
| Is this project done as part of an academic course (required OR elective)? |
Yes |
| Course Name |
Leadership in CSL Elective – INTD 4007 |
| Community Partner Name |
Anita Martin |
| Community Partner Job Title |
Director of Community Relations at University Hospital |
| Total Number of Students on Project Team |
8 |
| Number of Community Beneficiaries |
42 |
| Total Number of Other Faculty/Staff |
2 |
| Number of Other Community Volunteers |
0 |
| Mentor Hours |
8 |
| Student Leader Hours |
40 |
| Total Number of Student Hours |
48 |
| Semester Service Hours |
48 |
| What type of funding did you use to conduct this project? |
I did not use any funding for the project. |
| Mini/Midi Grant Amount Awarded |
|
| Did you do this project as part of Federal Work Study from the Office for Financial Aid? |
No |
| Did you receive In-Kind Donations for this project? |
Yes |
| Amount of In-Kind Donation $ |
100 flu vaccines from University Health |
| CSL Abstract |
Frontera CSL Abstract.pdf |
| CSL Poster |
Vertical-Display-24wide-For-2023-CSL-Conference_aligned.pptx.pdf |
| Challenges |
We had some difficulties in the beginning with acquiring the vaccines for the vaccine drive. The community partner that had been used by Frontera leaders in the past did not have vaccines available to donate and wasn’t sure when they would have some to give us. Furthermore, purchasing the vaccines was not an option because of the price. |
| Lessons Learned |
Through our difficulty with getting the vaccines we learned the importance of early planning. While we started looking for the vaccines two months before the date that we initially were planning to host the event it would have been beneficial to start looking even earlier, as we ended up having to move the event back because we could not get the vaccines in time. Starting earlier than you need to allows you to have a cushion in case things don’t go as planned, which they inevitably won’t. |
| Success Story |
Although we had trouble initially procuring vaccines for our flu drive in the end we were able to get some donated by University Hospital and formed a partnership with them. |
| Conferences Where You Presented Project |
Long E, McSherry C, Sundjaja C, An E, Cordova T, Emadi M, Alcorta C. Increasing Accessibility to Flu Vaccines to the Underinsured of Bexar County. Poster presented at: 16th Annual CSL Conference; February 4, 2023; San Antonio, TX. |
| Publications of your Project |
N/A |
