Last Updated
25-Apr-2024
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Data Collection Started
1/1/2022
Project Goal
To improve COVID-19 testing capabilities and other response activities
and provide resources in populations in WV that are at high risk (ethnic & rural).
Increase education in these areas by utilizing Community Health Workers to reach high risk populations
Background
The WAVE (West Virginians Advocating for Vaccine Empowerment) program was developed to assist those
throughout the state in promoting and increasing vaccine confidence in the most disparate populations.
Funding
The WV Department of Health and Human Resources,
Bureau for Public Health through the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
Contact
Natalie Tappe, MSN, RN (Program Coordinator).
Email: ntappe@qualityinsights.org
Office: 304 346-9864 ext. 3226