ASHP Vaccine Confidence Toolkit
This ASHP Vaccine Confidence Toolkit assists healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, student pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians, to build vaccine confidence among their team, patients, and community.
The toolkit consists of sections highlighting key resources for vaccine education, confidence, and patient advocacy.
Sections
Addressing Vaccine Misinformation and Conversation Resources
This section offers a diverse range of user-friendly educational resources, including infographics, videos, and interactive content, to explain vaccines and their significance, while providing links to reliable sources such as official health organizations, along with downloadable materials, catering to parents, healthcare professionals, and community leaders to promote vaccine education and advocacy.
Conversation Starters for Healthcare Professionals
- CDC Resources for Vaccine Conversations
- Resources for Responding to Vaccine-Hesitant Parents
- Immunize.org: Responding to Concerns About Vaccines
- ASHP Tool for Encouraging Vaccine Confidence in the Community
- Vaccine Misinformation Management Guide
Conversation Starters for Parents
- Taking Fear and Pain Out of Needles
- Conversations About Vaccines - Parent FAQs
- CDC Talking to Parents about Vaccines
Promoting Health Equity
- HHS Get Vaccinated: Where to Go
- AMA COVID-19 Vaccination Health Equity Resources
- CDC Bridge Access Program for COVID-19 Vaccines and Treatments
- Vaccine Equity Planner
- Partnering for Vaccine Equity Resource Hub
Vaccine Benefits and Impact
This section provides resources that describe the numerous benefits of vaccination, including disease prevention, reduced illness severity, and supporting compelling real-life success stories.
Vaccine Basics and General Principles for Patients
- HHS Vaccine Basics
- CDC Explanation of How Vaccines Work
- CDC Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Parent Vaccine Handouts
- CDC Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
MythBusters and FAQs
- World Health Organization (WHO) Vaccines and Immunization Myths and Misconceptions
- CDC Common Vaccine Safety Questions and Concerns
- CDC Vaccines and Autism
- CDC Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines
- AHA Common Patient Questions about COVID-19 Vaccines
- Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus (PBS Documentary)
Vaccine Schedules and Information
This section provides recommended vaccination schedules and information for different age groups, including infants, children, adolescents, adults, older adults, and special populations that can be utilized by both healthcare professionals and patients.
Resources for Healthcare Professionals
- CDC Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years or Younger
- CDC Adult Immunization Schedule for Ages 19 Years or Older
- CDC Immunization Clinical Resources
Special Populations
- Multilingual Communication Toolkit
- CDC Pregnancy and Vaccination
- CDC Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women
- CDC Yellow Book: Travelers' Health
- CDC Adult Vaccines Based on Age, Life Events, Job, Travel, and Health Conditions
- CDC Who Should NOT Get Vaccinated
- Immunocompromised Vaccine Recommendations and Guidelines of ACIP
Resources for Patients
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