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A Partnership to Clear the Air of Misinformation.

Award Number: NU50CK000627
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ZOONOTIC, VECTOR-BORNE, AND ENTERIC DISEASES
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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A Partnership to Clear the Air of Misinformation. - This fall, Kern County and other areas endemic for Coccidioides will see the coincidence of the flu season, Valley Fever Season, and the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic. These, along with many other respiratory infections share similar primary symptoms. As a research and education center for infectious respiratory diseases, The Kern Medical Center Foundation proposes to partner with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve clinical and public health outcomes in the prevention and control of emerging and re-emerging infectious disease threats. With healthcare systems seeing burdens in diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19, it is our wish to aid in the prevention and control of this disease through providing the Hispanic Farm Working Community with timely and effective messaging to encourage individuals to seek this year’s influenza vaccine to minimize the impact of flu on COVID-19 care, practice physical and social distancing, wear masks, and to seek testing and self-isolate when experiencing symptoms or after exposure to an individual with symptoms of respiratory infection or confirmed COVID-19. In addition to this, we desire to disseminate clinical information to local providers to ensure best practices in prevention and control of COVID-19, and to ensure that providers in endemic areas have Coccidioidomycosis in mind when a SARS-CoV-2 negative patient has a respiratory infection that lasts for 10 days or more. The Kern Medical Center Foundation will leverage the resources of regional and community partners to effectively address the target populations with appropriate and effective messaging of CDC guidance to prevent and control emerging and reemerging infectious disease threats. A collaborative Rapid/Living Learning Hub and Spoke Network will be formed to maximize reach and community engagement in areas endemic for Coccidioides. The target populations will be engaged in through virtual means (when possible) and in-person (when not) by staff and partners with a cultural and linguistic understanding of the addressed target. A marketing campaign will be launched to communicate materials and create awareness of programs in the target group. All materials will be converted into accessible language, culturally appropriate messaging, and Spanish to ensure the comprehension, acceptance, and adoption of the CDC’s guidance. In addition, educational conferences will be held and recorded to provide education to high impact trainees. All activities will be monitored, both for quality and quantity of output, and reported to the CDC and partners for assessment and guidance of strategy. The long-term goal of these activities are: fewer healthcare associated infections among patients and healthcare workers, fewer community-acquired infections across public and private settings, and improved clinical outcomes among patients with or who are at increased risk for emerging infectious diseases. Ultimately, as a result of the effective implementation of this project, the CDC will be enabled to more efficiently and effectively deliver culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically appropriate messaging to reach underserved Hispanic Farming Communities in the endemic zone and adapt this strategy to control emerging and reemerging infectious disease threats in similar populations elsewhere.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2027 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2027	2024	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	4	10/8/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2027	2023	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	4	10/8/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2027	2022	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	4	10/8/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2027	2021	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	4	10/8/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2027	2020	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	4	10/8/2026	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $300,000 )
2024	2024	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	4	8/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$300,000
2024	2023	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	4	8/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2024	2020	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	900 TRUXTUN AVE., STE. 330	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93301	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	4	8/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $300,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $213,545 )
2023	2023	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	3511 UNION AVE	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93305	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	3	8/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$200,000
2023	2020	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	3511 UNION AVE	BAKERSFIELD	CA	93305	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	3	8/28/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2023	2020	Kern Medical Center Foundation	1700 Mount Vernon Ave	Bakersfield	CA	93306	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	01	2	1/25/2023	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$13,545
														Subtotal = $213,545

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $399,999 )
2022	2022	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	1700 Mount Vernon Ave	Bakersfield	CA	93306	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	2	9/20/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$199,999
2022	2021	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	1700 Mount Vernon Ave	Bakersfield	CA	93306	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	2	9/20/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2022	2021	KERN MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION	1700 Mount Vernon Ave	Bakersfield	CA	93306	KERN	USA	Protecting and Improving Health Globally: Building and Strengthening Public Health Impact, Systems, Capacity and Security	00	1	9/2/2022	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$200,000
														Subtotal = $399,999

Grand Total All Awards = $913,544

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A Partnership to Clear the Air of Misinformation.

Award Number: NU50CK000627

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR ZOONOTIC, VECTOR-BORNE, AND ENTERIC DISEASES

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/30/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/29/2025

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