A Culturally Competent Vaccine Hesitancy Educational Model for Community Pharmacists to Increase Vaccine Uptake, Louisiana, 2021–2022

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ID11036140
AuthorsChristopher J Gillard (All of the authors are with the College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans. Sara Al-Dahir is also with the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), C Gillard (Johns Hopkins University), Sara Al-Dahir (0000-0003-3365-6113, All of the authors are with the College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans. Sara Al-Dahir is also with the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Martha Earls (All of the authors are with the College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans. Sara Al-Dahir is also with the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.), Brittany Singleton (0000-0001-5544-1477, All of the authors are with the College of Pharmacy, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans. Sara Al-Dahir is also with the Division of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.)
Year2022
Volume112
IssueS9
PagesS900-S903
Publication date2022-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2022.307070
PMID36446056
OpenAlexW4310812043
LanguageEN
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In February 2022, an educational model was launched to train Louisiana pharmacists to become positive influencers of vaccination decisions via targeted, culturally competent interventions, with the objective of improving COVID-19 vaccine uptake in communities. A total of 47 pharmacists completed the course, and more than 90% noted that the education would help them optimize vaccine acceptance in their community practice settings. The pharmacists will participate in vaccine surveillance to assess the success of the educational model intervention and predictors of vaccine uptake. (Am J Public Health. 2022;112(S9):S900–S903. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307070 )

Family medicine · Influencer marketing · Intervention (counseling) · Medical education · Psychological intervention · Public health · Public health interventions · Vaccination · Medicine · Nursing · Respiratory viral infections research · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology · Virology

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