Effectiveness, acceptability, and potential of lay student vaccinators to improve vaccine delivery.

ABSTRACT:

Setting

Task sharing can fill health workforce gaps, improve access to care, and enhance health equity by redistributing health services to providers with less training. We report learnings from a demonstration project designed to assess whether lay student vaccinators can support community immunizations.

Intervention

Between July 2022 and February 2023, 27 undergraduate and graduate students were recruited from the University of Toronto Emergency First Responders organization and operated 11 immunization clinics under professional supervision. Medical directives, supported with online and in-person training, enabled lay providers to administer and document vaccinations when supervised by nurses, physicians, or pharmacists. Participants were invited to complete a voluntary o

SUBMITTER: Yee R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534912 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature