Preparedness Roundtable Series: From Vaccine Hesitancy to Vaccine Confidence

Meeting Dates: 
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Meeting Time and Location: 

12-1pm

Note: 

WHAT IS THE PREPAREDNESS ROUNDTABLE SERIES?

Public Health Prepared (PHP), a program of the Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats and Pandemic Preparedness at the University of Michigan, and the Wayne State University Medical School Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases (CEID) have partnered to offer a free webinar series, the Preparedness Roundtable series. 

The four-part series will focus on a range of issues concerning the role of public health in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and disasters. Topics such as as climate change induced disasters, public health disparities, and emerging and seasonal disease threats will be covered. The first session will focus on the challenges of vaccine hesitancy and approaches to building vaccine confidence in interpersonal and community settings.

Live Webinar - September 8th, 2022 from 12-1 PM EST (Registration closes at 8 AM EST on September 8th.)

PLEASE NOTE: No CE is available in this free course. A Certificate of Completion is available upon completion of the requirements.

REGISTER HERE

Wayne State University's Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases and the University of Michigan's Public Health Prepared were created in the last year in response to the needs made evident by COVID-19. The Preparedness Roundtable series aims to provide a space for cross-sector education and engagement for those in public health, healthcare, and other related fields in order to build capacity and foster greater collaboration among those working in emergency preparedness.

This four-part quarterly series will focus on a range of issues concerning the role of public health in responding to infectious disease outbreaks and disasters. Topics such as disasters and climate change, public health disparities, and emerging and seasonal disease threats will be covered. This first session will focus on the challenges of vaccine hesitancy and approaches to building vaccine confidence in interpersonal and community settings.

Audience

Infectious disease clinicians, public health practitioners, researchers, and those interested in emergency preparedness and response

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss general vaccine hesitancy as an attitude set
  • Compare COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy to general vaccine hesitancy 
  • Describe strategies to build vaccine confidence among hesitant populations or individuals 

Panelists

  • Monique Tuner, PhD, Chair of the Department of Communication, Michigan State University
  • Rick Zimmerman, PhD, Associate Dean for Research, College of Nursing, Wayne State University
  • Courtney Townsel, MD, MSc, Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan
  • Moderator: Abram Wagner, PhD, MPH, Research Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan

Sponsors

Co-sponsored by the Center for Emerging and Infectious Diseases at Wayne State University. 

Public Health Prepared is the workforce development and public health practice branch of the broader Michigan Center for Infectious Disease Threats & Pandemic Preparedness (MCIDT) initiative, funded by the University of Michigan. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by Public Health Prepared, MCIDT, or the University of Michigan.