Training health workers and community influencers to be Vaccine Champions: a mixed-methods RE-AIM evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Increasing trust and confidence in vaccines is a global priority, as countries have grappled with delivering COVID-19 vaccines, maintaining routine childhood vaccination rates and introducing new vaccines. Community-based vaccine promotion interventions are commonly implemented, but effectiveness evidence is limited. In 2022, supported by the Australian Government and in partnership with Fiji's Ministry of Health and UNICEF, we codesigned, delivered and comprehensively evaluated a vaccine education and communication training programme for health workers and community influencers to promote COVID-19 and routine immunisation.

Methods

The Vaccine Champions programme included three phases: (1) codesign with Fiji stakeholders; (2) vaccine education and communication

SUBMITTER: Kaufman J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11733790 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature