Community Forums to Address Vaccine Hesitancy: A Useful Tool for Meeting the Needs of Diverse Communities.

Innovations in Pharmacy Pub Date : 2023-10-10 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI:10.24926/iip.v14i1.5432
Laura Palombi, Jazmin Belknap, Mary Jo Katras, Grant Anderson
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Abstract

Community forums are a valuable tool in engaging rural communities to address critical public health issues. Recognizing low levels of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in rural Minnesota communities and the critical public health threat that resulted, pharmacy faculty and Extension professionals from the University of Minnesota partnered with a diverse group of rural stakeholders to plan a series of six community forums to provide life-saving, evidence-based education about the COVID-19 vaccine. Each forum allowed trusted local community leaders, public health workers and healthcare providers to share information about the impact of COVID-19 in their communities. Data about the COVID-19 vaccines was provided, and community members were allowed to ask questions and voice their concerns about the virus and the vaccines. Virtual community forums allowed rural stakeholders to reach a diverse and geographically remote population while maintaining COVID-19 distancing requirements. Offering a safe, virtual space and immediate access to reliable and trusted place-based education allowed individuals an opportunity to get their vaccine questions answered immediately. Community forums can be conducted in rural communities as a direct communication tool to address critical public health issues such as vaccine hesitancy, and empower community members to make informed decisions in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.

解决疫苗犹豫的社区论坛:满足不同社区需求的有用工具。
社区论坛是促使农村社区参与解决关键公共卫生问题的宝贵工具。认识到明尼苏达州农村社区COVID-19疫苗接种率低以及由此造成的严重公共卫生威胁,明尼苏达大学的药学教师和推广专业人员与不同的农村利益攸关方合作,计划举办一系列六个社区论坛,以提供有关COVID-19疫苗的救生循证教育。每个论坛都允许值得信赖的当地社区领导人、公共卫生工作者和医疗保健提供者分享有关COVID-19对其社区影响的信息。提供了有关COVID-19疫苗的数据,并允许社区成员提出问题并表达他们对病毒和疫苗的担忧。虚拟社区论坛使农村利益攸关方能够接触到地理上偏远的多样化人口,同时保持COVID-19的距离要求。提供一个安全的虚拟空间,并立即获得可靠和值得信赖的就地教育,使个人有机会立即得到疫苗问题的回答。可以在农村社区举办社区论坛,作为直接沟通工具,解决疫苗犹豫等关键公共卫生问题,并使社区成员能够在抗击COVID-19大流行的过程中做出知情决定。
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