Resources

The Vaccine Confidence Project provides resources and training to educate healthcare professionals and the public which share the goal of optimizing vaccine confidence in MA, to ensure that all residents are fully protected against vaccine preventable disease.

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Responding to parent’s questions about vaccines
Videos and PPTs to guide discussions with patients and parents (from IAC, CDC, Vaccine Education Center, and AAP).

Communicating with vaccine hesitant families
Evidence-based strategies on communicating about vaccine hesitancy.

TRAIN Learning: Immunization and Effective Communication
Webinars on effective communication techniques - how to make strong vaccine recommendations and referrals and address common questions (register for a free account to access the webinars).

How to talk about vaccines

#HowIRecommend Vaccination Video Series
Short videos with providers sharing stories on how they handled their patients’ vaccine concerns.

Clinical Guidance: Discussing COVID-19 Vaccinations With Your Patients
Due to the concurrent circulation of respiratory viruses each year, it is important to discuss risk factors with your patients, as well as prevention and treatment plans that can reduce COVID-19 transmission in households and communities. This clinical guidance tool can help your practice team prepare to talk with patients about the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccinations, address their questions and help them make an informed decision. It highlights recommended approaches for encouraging patients to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

Vaccinate with Confidence – Strategy to reinforce confidence in COVID-19 vaccines
Vaccinate with Confidence is the strategic framework of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen vaccine confidence and prevent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States.