Dr. Stephen Perez, a Lieutenant in the U.S Public Health Service and nurse epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, discusses strategies and key messaging for building vaccine confidence among health care personnel and guidance for leading effective vaccine conversations with staff at your health care facility.
Dr. Eyob Feyssa reviewed hepatitis B virus knowledge and current epidemiological and behavioral risk trends for African and Caribbean immigrant populations. He provided recommendations based on guidelines for screening and treating patients with HBV infection, and he reviewed evidence of benefits from antiviral therapy and associated reduction of risks for liver cancer.
In this session, we explored innovative partnerships that engage students to support COVID-19 education, outreach, and vaccine efforts. Our panel of nursing experts discussed how to mobilize a student workforce through schools of nursing and collaboration with regional Area Health Education Centers (AHECs).
Ariel MacNeill and Bianca Taipe from the Nationalities Services Center, whose mission focuses on welcoming immigrants and refugees and connecting them to services in Philadelphia, PA, review cultural and self-humility as it relates to providing health care and social services to people coming from different cultural identities. The presenters also discuss trauma-informed practice and barriers that different populations face in accessing health care, as well as resources to address those barriers.
Watch the first session of the Nurse-Led Forum for Vaccine Confidence series, where we heard diverse perspectives from the nursing community and discussed how to become a vaccine ambassador as a first step to building trust in public health and the COVID-19 vaccine.
