Pre-post data from the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps: A cogenerational health outreach program within Federally Qualified Health Centers

This dataset contains pre- and post-service responses from 175 participants in the Encore Intergenerational Vaccine Corps, a health outreach program within Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) that was run in the San Francisco Bay Area. The program, sponsored by AmeriCorps Seniors—a federal agency that promotes national and community service for Americans aged 55 and older—ran from May 2021 to April 2022. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 81 years. The volunteers, who aimed to increase awareness and administration of COVID-19 vaccines, were evenly divided between those with medical skills (50%, such as current or retired nurses or doctors) and those without medical skills (50%). The survey questions focused on participants’ perceptions of individuals from different generations (i.e., respondents aged 50+ were asked about younger people, and vice versa) and public issues (e.g., the adequacy of resource allocation to FQHCs), along with their experiences in the program. All responses were collected online, with survey outreach conducted by CoGenerate (formerly Encore.org), the lead operator of the Vaccine Corps. The complete dataset, which includes 145 variables (three of which are string/text variables from open-ended responses), is available in both Stata .do and CSV file formats. A codebook is also provided.