Public Health Community Engagement with Asian Populations in British Columbia during COVID-19: Towards A Culture-Centered Approach

Summary: COVID-19 has posed significant challenges to those who endeavor to provide equitable public health information and services. This presentation shares results from a study on how community leaders, advocates, and public health communication specialists approached community engagement among Asian immigrant and diaspora communities in BC throughout the pandemic. Presenter: Wendy Pringle, PhD, MA, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Vaccine Evaluation Center, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Pringle brings her critical and interpretive communication training to the study of vaccine communication in community and healthcare settings. She works with Dr. Julie Bettinger and the Canadian Immunization Research Network to better understand how perinatal healthcare providers discuss vaccines with patients. Other current projects focus on COVID vaccine decision making and paths for improving pandemic policy effectiveness.

BC CDC Presenters

5/31/2022 7:00:00 PM