Integrating US National Guard with Public Health Partners at COVID-19 Testing Sites in West Virginia Counties with High Rural and Minority Populations: Lessons Learned.

This article analyzes the decisionmaking, communication, and outcomes of collaboration between the West Virginia National Guard (WVNG) and state and county organizations in hosting state-prioritized COVID-19 testing site events from May 22 to December 30, 2020. The United States Census Bureau designated 34 of the 55 counties in West Virginia as rural. For this study, we classified 23 counties as rural-identified counties, 14 counties as minority-identified counties and 14 counties as both rural and minority-identified counties.