Welcome to the I Raise the Rates Community Champion Guide! This guide will provide education and resources to help you implement interventions to promote adult immunizations in your community.
What is an Immunization Community Champion? As a clinician leader and immunization advocate, you can develop and lead a project to promote adult vaccine uptake in your community at your own pace.
Your voice matters! As a clinician, you are among the most trusted messengers of health information. You are also an important member of the community, with many connections and opportunities to engage with members of the public. Whether you are a part of a neighborhood or community association, or a member of a book club, or involved in a faith-based organization, you are connected to your community in many ways. And each of these connections is an opportunity to educate your community about the importance of immunizations.
ACP is Here to Help. This I Raise the Rates Community Champion Guide offers a range of educational resources. You will get access to a fillable toolkit to help you design your personal action plan to increase vaccinations in your community. The guide includes the following components:
- Targeting the Problem
- Identifying Your Community Engagement Opportunity
- Establishing Your Community Team
- Writing Your SMARTIE Statement
- Brainstorming and Prioritizing Your Activities
- Creating Your Evaluation Strategy
I Raise the Rates Community Champion Toolkit
Quick Links: Helpful Resources from ACP’s Adult Immunization Hub
You may find the following resources helpful as you implement your community action plan.
Resources for Clinicians:
- Clinical Updates
- Quick learning activities to stay up to date on your flu vaccine knowledge (1-2 minutes)
- Tips to Match Flu Vaccine Types to Patient Needs: Check out the following tips to help with selection of select the appropriate flu vaccine for your patient's needs.
- Answering Patient Questions about Flu Vaccines: This quick activity offers tips to help you answer your patients flu related questions.
- Specifics for Flu Vaccine in Older Adults: Older adults are at a higher risk for flu related complications. Check out which specific flu vaccine types are offers extra protection for those 65+.
- Strategies to Build Vaccine Confidence:
- How to Recommend Flu Vaccines to your Patients: A Time-saving, Evidence-Based Approach (video)
- Click Here to Download "Announce, Inquire, Mirror, Secure Trust" Chart
- Vaccine Conversations: Approaching Patients who are Deliberating Vaccinations (video)
- Resources to make vaccine referrals
- High Value Care Immunization Referral Toolkit
- Adult vaccine Rx pads
Resources for Patients:
- Infographic on where to go to get routine immunizations
- Flu Vaccines: What You Need To Know (Q&A) (video)
For more information: Visit the ACP Adult Immunization Resource Hub