Health Workers: Empowering Adult Immunization Education
Originating University: Oregon State University
Online training program for health workers to become efficient messengers providing adult immunization education.
Learning Objectives
- Health workers will gain knowledge, skills, and attitudes about the importance of vaccines, vaccination schedules, and where to locate immunization resources.
- Health workers will be better prepared to communicate information about vaccines, vaccine safety, and the advantages of receiving vaccinations to adult clients and peers
What’s Included
- Curriculum (online course)
- Handouts or educational reinforcements
- Evaluation instrument in course
Evaluation Plan
- Pre and post assessment in course
Expected Outcomes
Health workers will:
- increase knowledge and skills to enable effective communication with adult clients about immunizations and their safety
- increase understanding of adult immunization schedules and be able to share this information with their clients effectively
- increase confidence in their ability to locate immunization resources that can be shared with their clients
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Quick Facts
- Intended audience: Health workers, including community health workers, personal health navigators, peer wellness specialists, peer support specialists, birth doulas, or other lay health educators.
- Format options: Asynchronous online course
- Sessions: Approximately 2-hour online training
- Typical providers: Health workers, including community health workers, personal health navigators, peer wellness specialists, peer support specialists, birth doulas, or other lay health educators.
Contact
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