{"648449":{"#nid":"648449","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Covid-19 Vaccine Dashboard Breaks Down Vaccination Trends by Race at County Level","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew\u0026nbsp;findings from the researchers behind the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/chhs-gt.shinyapps.io\/georgiavaccines\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia COVID-19 Vaccine Dashboard\u003C\/a\u003E say that although Covid-19 vaccinations are gradually increasing nationwide, disparities exist among vaccination rates across race and geographic areas among Georgia\u0026rsquo;s counties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dashboard was developed by a team from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE), including \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/pinar-keskinocak\u0022\u003EPinar Keskinocak\u003C\/a\u003E, William W. George Chair and professor, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/dima-nazzal\u0022\u003EDima Nazzal\u003C\/a\u003E, Director of Professional Practice. They worked alongside Ph.D. students Akane Fujimoto and Tyler Perini in collaboration with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There is a lot variability in different regions of the state, so we wanted to take a closer look from an equity perspective,\u0026rdquo; said Keskinocak in the article.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAs of June 3, the dashboard indicated that vaccination rates among white residents are higher than those of Black residents in all large metro counties as well as around 70% of all Georgia counties. In addition, vaccination coverage among adults was lower among those living in counties with lower socioeconomic status and with higher percentages of households with children, single parents, and persons with disabilities.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EYou can read the entire article about their findings \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/georgia-covid-19-vaccine-dashboard-breaks-down-vaccination-trends-race-county-level\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENew findings say that although Covid-19 vaccinations are gradually increasing nationwide, disparities exist among vaccination rates across race and geographic areas among Georgia\u0026rsquo;s counties.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"New findings say that although Covid-19 vaccinations are gradually increasing nationwide, disparities exist among vaccination rates across race and geographic areas among Georgia\u2019s counties."}],"uid":"35757","created_gmt":"2021-06-29 19:31:29","changed_gmt":"2021-07-08 14:06:24","author":"goberst3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-06-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"648448":{"id":"648448","type":"image","title":"Dima Nazzal, Akane Fujimoto, and Tyler Perini","body":null,"created":"1624994932","gmt_created":"2021-06-29 19:28:52","changed":"1624994932","gmt_changed":"2021-06-29 19:28:52","alt":"Dima Nazzal, Akane Fujimoto, and Tyler Perini","file":{"fid":"246172","name":"Covid-19 Dashboard.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Covid-19%20Dashboard.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Covid-19%20Dashboard.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":368731,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Covid-19%20Dashboard.jpg?itok=jRPB-r8G"}}},"media_ids":["648448"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1250","name":"Center for Health and Humanitarian Systems (CHHS)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:swundersmith3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EShelley Wunder-Smith\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}