Turning Points for Children (a Philadelphia-based program) hosted a town hall event to provide background information on the COVID-19 vaccine development process and its safety. Program parents, community members, and Turning Points for Children staff/clients had the opportunity to learn about the latest COVID-19 vaccine guidelines for children and teens and how best to address vaccine misinformation.

The presentation will cover a framework for understanding long COVID, describe the most common presentation and risk factors for long COVID, and discuss strategies for diagnosis and management of long COVID patients.

Across the country, health centers and other community-based providers are tasked with supporting large scale COVID-19 vaccine rollouts for their patients and communities. This demand has expanded the workload of providers, staff, and volunteers. The National Nurse-Led Care Consortium, Public Health Management Corporation, and the Philadelphia Department of Health formed an innovative partnership to address this need by deploying AmeriCorps members to assist with vaccine delivery.

NNCC partnered with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Hepatitis B Foundation to increase viral hepatitis education, screening and vaccination access, and enhanced treatment capacity for HepB in Philadelphia. During the presentation, NNCC reviewed global elimination plans for HepB, overview of viral hepatitis, risk factors, screening for pregnant women, vaccination schedules for children and adults, and a Resource Guide for Viral Hepatitis.