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Accurate and targeted messaging delivered by trusted voices from community-based organizations, government health systems and organizations, and healthcare and academic systems is imperative. Outreach and communication should be culturally sensitive, provided in the preferred language of the community, flexible, and tailored for in-person and virtual outlets. This communication must also increase trust, combat misinformation, and inspire COVID-19 vaccine confidence. In this manuscript, we outline a framework for inspiring COVID-19 vaccine confidence in African American and Latino communities. These methods of targeted outreach should be considered and implemented for urgent and nonurgent community public health efforts beyond the COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., monkeypox) and as a framework to inspire vaccine confidence in those living in racial and ethnic minority communities globally.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines10081319","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,16]],"date-time":"2022-08-16T03:40:32Z","timestamp":1660621232000},"page":"1319","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["A Framework for Inspiring COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in African American and Latino Communities"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9718-3709","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zanthia","family":"Wiley","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"},{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6396-1974","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lana","family":"Khalil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kennedy","family":"Lewis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthew","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maranda","family":"Leary","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Valeria D.","family":"Cantos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"},{"name":"Grady Healthcare System Infectious Disease Program, 341 Ponce de Leon Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ighovwerha","family":"Ofotokun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"},{"name":"Grady Healthcare System Infectious Disease Program, 341 Ponce de Leon Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nadine","family":"Rouphael","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"},{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9808-063X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulina A.","family":"Rebolledo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Emory Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 100 Woodruff Circle, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"},{"name":"Hope Clinic of the Emory Vaccine Center, 500 Irvin Court #200, Decatur, GA 30030, USA"},{"name":"Grady Healthcare System Infectious Disease Program, 341 Ponce de Leon Ave, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308, USA"},{"name":"Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, 1518 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,8,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"(2022, July 03). 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