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赖特中心部署 "社区疫苗大使 "抗击 COVID-19
赖特社区健康中心已被选为全国 15 个健康中心之一，参加由赠款资助的 "社区疫苗大使项目"，该项目旨在提高历来被边缘化群体的 COVID-19 免疫接种率。
美国疾病控制和预防中心将资助这项涉及 12 个州的医疗中心的行动。该项目是与全国无家可归者医疗保健委员会和全国社区卫生中心协会合作开展的。
The Wright Center will receive $200,000 in grant funding to focus on administering vaccines to individuals with substance use disorders and individuals who experience homelessness. These populations have been identified as being at increased risk for COVID-19 infection because, among other reasons, they “experience barriers to accessing health care and might have low levels of trust in the medical system due to previous experiences of distress or stigma,” according to the project’s organizers.
赖特中心的社区卫生工作者和认证康复专家将担任项目 "大使"，在为期一年的项目中为该组织宾夕法尼亚州东北部五县服务区内的人们提供疫苗接种教育和信息。
自 2020 年 12 月新型 COVID-19 疫苗首次上市以来，赖特中心已接种了超过 40,500 剂疫苗。今年早些时候，联邦卫生资源与服务管理局向赖特中心颁发了 2021 年社区卫生质量认可奖，以表彰该非营利组织为应对公共卫生危机而开展的 COVID-19 疫苗接种工作。
The Wright Center, which serves as one of about 50 Pennsylvania-designated Opioid Use Disorder Centers of Excellence, has significant experience in treating and supporting individuals who are coping with substance use disorder. It has assisted individuals living in recovery and co-founded the region’s Healthy Maternal Opiate Medical Support (MOMS) program, which assists pregnant and new mothers who have a substance use disorder.
有关赖特社区健康中心的更多信息，请致电 570.343.2383或访问 TheWrightCenter.org。
