Delaware Academy of Medicine
Board of Directors: OFFICERS S. John Swanson, M.D. President Lynn Jones, FACHE Secretary David M. Bercaw, M.D. Treasurer Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. Immediate Past President Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H. Executive Director, Ex-officio DIRECTORS Jeffrey M. Cole, D.D.S., M.B.A. Lee P. Dresser, M.D. Stephen C. Eppes, M.D. Eric T. Johnson, M.D. Erin M. Kavanaugh, M.D. Joseph Kelly, D.D.S. Joseph F. Kestner, Jr., M.D. Professor Rita Landgraf Brian W. Little, M.D., Ph.D. Arun V. Malhotra, M.D. Daniel J. Meara, M.D., D.M.D. Ann Painter, M.S.N., R.N. John P. Piper, M.D. Charmaine Wright, M.D., M.S.H.P. EMERITUS Robert B. Flinn, M.D. Barry S. Kayne, D.D.S.
Delaware Public Health Association
Advisory Council: Omar Khan, M.D., M.H.S. Chair Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H. Executive Director Louis E. Bartoshesky, M.D., M.P.H. Gerard Gallucci, M.D., M.H.S. Richard E. Killingsworth, M.P.H. Erin K. Knight, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Delaware Journal of
July 2021
Public Health Volume 7 | Issue 3
A publication of the Delaware Academy of Medicine / Delaware Public Health Association
3 | In This Issue Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S. Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H.
4 | Guest Editors Patrick Callihan Randy Gaboriault, M.S., M.B.A.
28 | The Data Dilemma: How Delaware is Responding to the CDC’s Recommendations on Gun Violence Meghan Wallace
James P. Highberger, M.P.A. Sharon Merriman-Nai, M.C.
32 | COVID-19, Preparedness, and Technology: Meeting Access and Functional Needs at Vaccine Points of Dispensing and Beyond
10 | W hat is the Delaware SEOW?
Debra Young, M.Ed., O.T.R./L., S.C.E.M., A.T.P., C.A.P.S., F.A.O.T.A.
6 | The Value (and Nuances) of Mapping as a Public Health Tool
Sharon Merriman-Nai, M.C.
14 | Poverty, Racism, and Its Impact on Riverside Logan Herring
16 | A Qualitative Study of Implementing Universal Hepatitis C Screening Among Adults at an Urban Community-Based Health Provider in Delaware Rini Jose, M.P.H. Deborah Kahal, M.D., M.P.H. Karla Testa, M.D. Neal D. Goldstein, Ph.D., M.B.I.
24 | Bayhealth, COVID-19 and Technology – Safely Discovering our New Normal Richard Mohnk, M.S.A., M.T.(ASCP)
Melissa K. Melby, Ph.D.
36 | Evolution of the Delaware Epidemiology Response to COVID-19 Erica Smith, M.P.H., Ph.D Tabatha N. Offutt-Powell, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
50 | Beyond COVID-19: Technology and Connectivity Help Bridge the Divide in Equitable Care Sharon Anderson, R.N., B.S.N., M.S., FACHE
58 | Delaware’s My Healthy Community Data Platform: At The Intersection of Public Health Informatics and Epidemiology Tabatha N. Offutt-Powell, Dr.P.H., M.P.H. Marcy Parykaza, M.G.A. Michael Knapp, Ph.D., M.E.M. Cassandra Codes-Johnson, M.P.A. Ian Kozak, B.A. Matthew Muspratt, J.D., M.E.M.
66 | The 91st Annual Meeting 67 | Inaugural Address S. John Swanson, M.D.
68 | A Glace at the Rear View Mirror Omar A. Khan, M.D., M.H.S.
69 | 91st Annual Meeting Pictures 70 | New Board Memebers 71 | 91st Annual Meeting Program 88 | Global Health Matters Fogarty International Center
100 | Educational Interventions to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination Among Parents Julia Pascucci
112 | Medical Respite Programs for People who Experience Homelessness Danielle Cooper
118 | From the History, Archives, and Collection: One for All and All in One? Sharon Folkenroth-Hess, M.A.
124 | Index of Advertisers
Mia A. Papas, Ph.D. Karyl T. Rattay, M.D., M.S. William J. Swiatek, M.A., A.I.C.P.
Delaware Journal of Public Health Timothy E. Gibbs, M.P.H. Publisher Omar Khan, M.D., M.H.S. Editor-in-Chief Patrick Callihan Randy Gaboriault, M.S., M.B.A. Guest Editors Liz Healy, M.P.H. Managing Editor Kate Smith, M.D., M.P.H. Copy Editor Suzanne Fields Image Director ISSN 2639-6378
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The role between technology and public health has never been more critical: how we research, plan, and respond and how we interact and inform are based on our connectedness to the whole. Technology and internet access are now just as important as running water and electricity. This new social determinant of health moves at the speed of innovation, and can be tailored to a population’s needs in a matter of days.
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