Community Partner Reception of Algorithm-Generated Reports
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Throughout the site selection process, the algorithm served as a springboard for discussions to help our team collaboratively identify the location of services with community partners to reach the Latinx community. The algorithm’s report anecdotally increased the likelihood that testing sites would be implemented in rural areas, where resources are often less available. In other cases, it required a re-examination of existing political realities. For example, one site was retained to serve a Latinx community where existing community partners were concerned to operate, and another site proposal was untenable due to overt hostility to the project’s aim of providing testing to the Latinx community. Having an algorithm involved in the conversation can expose blind spots in existing community networks and lead to new site considerations.