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The First Parish Church in Dover has hosted mobile vaccine vehicles in the state three times, and due to large-scale community advertising campaigns, with the exception of the University of New Hampshire, more people are vaccinated than most websites. The number so far is 42, but there is no doubt that the number will increase as the van returns on November 20.

If this sounds low, consider that between July and October 23 (the most recent available date), fewer than 5 people left the station out of the 153 stops of the van. The Department of Health and Human Services visited state parks on 17 occasions, of which 13 had a low participation rate.

According to the information provided by the Ministry of Health and Human Services, the van has been vaccinated with 1,176 vaccinations during these three months. Among them, dose 825 is the first dose, dose 157 is the second dose, and dose 194 is the third dose and booster.

Laura Black Mountain, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services, said that once the Federal Immunization Practice Advisory Committee issues recommendations for this age group, the van will add Pfizer vaccine to children between 5 and 11 years old.

She said: "Mobile vaccine units meet with Granite State people in their communities to provide COVID-19 vaccination and serve as a grassroots resource to help those who may have questions about vaccines." "Mobile vaccine units provide companies with vaccines. -This makes the vaccine particularly convenient for second and third shift workers; in homeless shelters-to ensure that those who may not have identification or primary care providers still have access to the vaccine; and the state's vaccination rate is lagging behind Area."

As the department adds a fourth mobile vaccine vehicle this week, the method of the first parish church may provide some guidance. (Mobile vans also provide vaccines and boosters for people at home, although these vaccines are not reflected in the stops in this story.)

Montenegro said the department has also seen these clinics and regional public health networks cover ethnic and ethnic minorities at a higher rate. She said: “We believe this supports the hypothesis that coordinating with local community organizations and leaders to promote the vaccine to the community is an effective way to help people who have been and continue to be disproportionately affected by COVID-19. "

Church member Sandra Potter, who organized First Parish Church, attributed their success to two things: weekend stays and active advertising campaigns, including not only church internal newsletters and signs, but also newspaper advertisements, local store flyers and Dover downloads The city’s weekly newsletter.

The church has no plan to stop cooperating with the van. "We just want the community to be vaccinated," Porter said.

The Department of Health and Human Services promotes van stops on its Facebook page and vaccines.nh.gov, where the van can also be requested.

However, the van does not appear to participate in the state’s $1.4 million advertising campaign led by GYK Antler. It is unclear how the state and the company plan the overall vaccine promotion message, or how they measure the effectiveness of the campaign in increasing the vaccination rate, which has been lagging behind about 54% since late June. Neither GYK Antler nor Health and Human Services responded to multiple messages seeking information about the event.

According to information provided by the Department of Health and Human Services, the four van stops at the University of New Hampshire were the most successful. After the students returned to campus, they received nearly 100 vaccines, 40 of which were in August and 61 were in October. Cardigan Mountain School is a private boarding and day school for boys from grades 6 to 12.

This was a much higher response than the four-day North Haverhill Fair, Londonderry Old Family Day, and the Northeast Delta Dental Stadium (Fisher Cats' home stadium), all of which attracted less than 5 people.

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