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Table 1 Shelter demographic characteristics and the hospital vaccine program-related data compiled from participants’ data collection form

From: “Access to healthcare is a human right”: a constructivist study exploring the impact and potential of a hospital-community partnered COVID-19 community response team for Toronto homeless services and congregate living settings

 

Special Characteristics of Facility

Primary care partner onsite?

Referral mechanism to hospital vaccine program

COVID Vaccine provision / education sessions provided by (other than the hospital partner):

Organizational Vaccine uptake % as of October 2021

P1

- Indigenous

- Women

- Refugee

- Low barrier

- Respite site

Y

- Hospital reached out

- Pre-pandemic care partner

- Self-referral

- Toronto Public Health

- Quality Assurance / Practice Health Check

- Hospital

- Community Health Organization

98%

P2

- Indigenous

- Women

- Refugee

- Low barrier

- Shelter and drop-in program

N

Hospital reached out

- Toronto Public Health

- Community Health Organization

- Inner City Health Associates

76%

P3

- Refugee

N

Pre-pandemic care partner

None

85%

P4

- Women

- Refugee

- Low barrier

- Undocumented

Y

Self-referral

None

100%

P5

- Refugee

N

Pre-pandemic care partner

- Toronto Public Health

- Community Health Organization

85%

P6

- Refugee

Y

Pre-pandemic care partner

- Hospital partner reached out

- Self-referral

- Toronto Public Health

- City of Toronto

- Community Health Organization

79%

P7

- Refugee

N

- Hospital reached out

- Toronto Public Health

- City of Toronto

- Community Health Organization

100%

P8

- Refugee

N

- Hospital reached out

- Peer Navigators

- Community Health Organization

- Inner City Health Associates

100%

P9

- Women

- Women who experience violence and abuse of any kind

Y

- Pre-pandemic care partner

None

85%

P10

- Refugee

Y

- Pre-pandemic care partner

- Peer Navigators

80%