Vaccines help our immune systems fight infections. There are several types of vaccines that protect of us from serious illness. Vaccine-preventable diseases cause long-term illness, hospitalization and even death. These modules can help us better understand what illnesses are vaccine-preventable and can provide guidance when having conversations about getting vaccinated.
Access resources for all Vaccine modules.
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Vaccination Overview
After watching the video, Vaccination Overview, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
Influenza (Flu) Vaccine: What You Need to Know
After watching the video, Influenza (Flu) Vaccine: What You Need to Know, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
Hepatitis B Vaccine: What You Need to Know
After watching the video, Hepatitis B Vaccine: What You Need to Know, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine: What You Need To Know
After watching the video, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine: What You Need To Know, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Cultural Competency, Cultural Humility and CLAS
After watching the video, A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Cultural Competency, Cultural Humility and CLAS, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
How can I learn to be culturally appropriate?
- Access Cultural Competence Assessment Tool from the Boston Public Health Commission.
- Available resources, training and standards at Think Cultural Health.
- Learn how to help your patient/resident population and utilize training with Health Literacy Tools from the CDC.
- Cultural communication is important in your practice. Learn more about Cultural Respect from the National Institutes of Health.
A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Religious Cultures
After watching the video, A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Religious Cultures, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Native American Culture
After watching the video, A Guide to Understanding Vaccine Beliefs: Native American Culture, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
African and Black American Culture and Vaccines
After watching the video, African and Black American Culture and Vaccines, take the quiz to test your knowledge.
References:
- Understanding Culture, Health Network Solutions (HNS)
- What is Black Culture All About?, Dope Black CIC
- More than Tuskegee: Understanding Mistrust about Research Participation, National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- The Crown Act, Legal Defense Fund (LDF)
- Black Patients’ Preferences for Patient-Provider Race Concordance, NLM
- Vaccine Hesitancy African Americans, Rand
- Racial Disparities in Maternal Health, KFF
- Black/African American, Culture Care Connection
- Black in America, Legal Council for Health Justice
- Hidden Bias, Learning for Justice
- The Origin of Black Female Led Families, University of Wisconsin
- Diversity in Healthcare Workforce, NLM
- Medical Mistrust, NLM
- Distrust of Medicine, University of Michigan
- Acceptance and Commitment Training, NLM
Resources
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