Ensure community engagement strategies that provide communities with increases access to the latest health information, technologies, innovative programs and current research.

1. Increase trust
2. Development of an innovative advisory board
3. Improved distribution of knowledge and treatment of COVID-19
4. Improved integration of COVID prevention strategies (part of education)
5. Advise and partner on Innovative collaborations and/or research projects (PCAB, etc.)
6. Address vaccine acceptance/hesitancy (COVID and Flu) 

Have partnered with San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition (SFAAFBC) to do vaccine clinics in Black community. This is COVID-19 vaccine clinics at Black churches and community centers with a distinctly culturally rich experience that includes longer-term engagement with Black church as a trusted community hub, especially during times of crisis. This involved Black Health Initiative (BHI), which will be absorbed into the Black Health Center of Excellence. We have vaccinated over 675 individuals in 1 month and then weekly vaccine clinics. UCSF supported a weekly vaccine clinic for us (staffing and vaccines) in partnership with SFDPH will support. Thus, BHI has helped UCSF achieve its’s COVID-19 equity goals in a community-based, community-driven manner.

Black Health Initiative (BHI)

1. Did >11 Town halls and webinars from end Dec 2020 - March 2020 and many more since
2. Did 3 community Health Pop-Ups Dec/Jan with food bag giveaways from end Dec 2020 - March 2020 and many more since
3. Have database of ~300 community members who visited our activities and are willing to be contacted for bi-directional text/e-mail communications (move health behaviors?)
4. Developed BHI Advisory Board with 50% UCSF, 50% grassroots community leaders – (20 members) – network spreads word of event/pop-up/etc.
5. Engaged in key grassroots community activities – e.g. in MegaBlack SF COVID-91 Task Force

SFAAFBC & Partners

1. Did 7 presentations to church leaders and members
2. Delivered 250K prepared meals
3. Served >3000 households
4. Provided 17K produce bags

BHI Outreach Team partnering with UCSF Health to Improve Health Care Equity – our BHI team is doing traditional outreach and also partnering with UCSF to help UCSF achieve its health equity goals  for COVID-19 testing and vaccinations for both patients and staff (new model of partnering with health system to do outreach to our Black patients and the Black community in general in a culturally sensitive and tailored manner).