Additional Resources

The list below includes more websites and resources about vaccines that you might find helpful in your outreach efforts.

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Communication tools

  • Increasing Immunization Confidence: Immersive AI learning simulation allows healthcare staff to practice immunization conversations with patients and families. Created by bodyswaps in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, the 30 minute module is free. https://bodyswaps.co/library/healthcare/increasing-immunization-confidence#free-access
  • Makespace: Templates to create public health messaging for community leaders and example campaign materials.  https://sites.google.com/ideo.org/makespace/homepage
  • Public Health Communications Collaborative (PHCC): A learning and information hub for professionals who communicate about public health. Relevant, timely, and practical communications tools and learning opportunities aim to create a public health system where everyone has what they need to make informed decisions about their health. publichealthcollaborative.org  

Data resources

Educational content

  • COVID-19 Information Navigator Training: A free online training course offered by the University of Washington's Northwest Center for Public Health Practice. This training is targeted to bilingual and multilingual community members, and includes specific tips and resources for communicating effectively, finding accessible health care services (such as interpreters for patients), sharing accurate COVID-19 information, and promoting COVID safety in the community. The course is approximately 1.5 hours and requires a user account. https://www.nwcphp.org/training/covid-19-information-navigator
  • COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: A free online training course offered by Johns Hopkins University that prepares parents of school-age children, Parent Teacher Associations, community members, and school staff to be Vaccine Ambassadors and promote vaccine acceptance in their communities. The course is approximately 2 hours long and requires a Coursera user account. https://www.coursera.org/learn/covid-vaccine-ambassador
  • Medical Interpreter Training Module: Self-paced online module from the University of Minnesota provides the basics of interpreting medical information in languages other than English, the ethics of interpreting, and guidelines and pitfalls of interpreting. The course was updated in 2024 to include telehealth considerations, virtual interpreters, and working with individuals who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Registration is required to take the course. https://med.umn.edu/dom/education/global-medicine/courses-certificates/online/medical-interpreter-training 
  • The Vaccine Quest: A free online training course for the general public offered by Voices for Vaccines. The course has five modules covering vaccine basics, safety and monitoring, how vaccines work in the body, making vaccine decisions, and diseases prevented by vaccines. Registration is required to take the course. https://www.voicesforvaccines.org/course/the-vaccine-quest/
  • Vaccination Community Navigator Training for Community Health Workers: A 4-part training from Vaccinate Your Family to equip promotores, community health workers (CHWs), and CHW instructors with information and tools to build vaccine confidence in their communities and navigate people to vaccine services. Registration is required to take the course. https://vaccinate.thinkific.com/bundles/vcn

More resource hubs

  • Clinical Resources Library: Immunize.org provides patient handouts, vaccine signage, standing order templates, and other clinical tools in multiple languages. https://www.immunize.org/clinical/a-z/?wpsolr_fq%5B0%5D=imm_language_ str%3AEnglish
  • COVID.gov: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) site with resources related to treatment, vaccines, and testing to protect against COVID-19. Information is available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. https://www.covid.gov/
  • Families Fighting Flu Resources: Social media graphics, posters, flyers, videos, and postcards with flu prevention messaging. Sections for Spanish and Indigenous resources are included. Many resources include testimonials about people who died or were severely ill because of flu infection. familiesfightingflu.org/toolkits  
  • Health Action Alliance: Free tools and resources for business owners, curated by experts in business, health, and communications. Includes information on indoor air quality and pandemic preparedness for businesses. healthaction.org/resources 
  • Let's Get Real: HHS campaign provides information for parents and shares real stories to highlight why most adults in the United States trust vaccines to protect their children. https://www.hhs.gov/letsgetreal/?utm_source=causal&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=factfiction&utm_term=320x50
  • Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) COVID and Respiratory Disease Resource Hub: Strategies and resources for health centers, health departments, community groups, and clinicians as they reach out to migrant and immigrant farm and food worker communities. Available in English and Spanish.  https://www.migrantclinician.org/explore-issues-migrant-health/covid-19.html
  • National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM): Free, customizable, and translated vaccine resources available in 40+ languages for you to create your own hyperlocal campaigns: https://nrcrim.org/covid-19/campaigns
  • Public Health and Equity Resource Navigator (PHERN): Tool to navigate 1,000+ resources focused on improving the public’s health and building a resilient, robust, sustainable public health system for the future. https://phern.communitycommons.org/
  • Vaccine Equity Cooperative: Tailored tools to support communities and individuals with their vaccine decisions. https://vaccineequitycooperative.org/

 

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