CONTINUING THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-19

Healthier Together Grant funded COVID-19 Outreach to Eastern North Carolina Tribes

This fall, Dr. David Tillman, chair of public health in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and Dr. Amy Hinkelman, assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, along with the Harnett County Coharie Indian Association received a Healthier Together Grant funded by the NC Counts Coalition.

The Campbell faculty worked alongside community leaders within the Coharie Tribe to train tribal outreach workers, provide educational materials, hold local community events to address concerns and questions about the COVID-19 vaccines, and connect tribal members with local resources including the CUCCC mobile clinic to get vaccinated.

Educational sessions were well attended by Coharie tribe members, and COVID-19 vaccination numbers increased among tribe members.

These efforts have sparked additional opportunities to extend this outreach to other tribal communities, including the Waccamaw Tribe and collaborations with Dr. Ronny Bell of the Lumbee Tribe and Dr. Linwood- Watson of the Haliwa-Saponi Tribe.

The hope is to continue to collaborate with tribal leaders to improve the health of our local tribal communities.

Dr. Amy Hinkelman presenting to the Coharie Indian Tribe.

COVID-19 PSA Campaign Continued

The Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine received $6 million as part of North Carolina’s $1.6 billion COVID-19 Recovery Act in 2020. The projects and initiatives supported by this funding continued into 2021 including a $200,000.00 PSA campaign educating targeted populations about prevention, testing and vaccination.