InterProfessional Education Research and Scholarship
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Publication Date
7-12-2024
Abstract
The rates of COVID vaccination in children are alarmingly low in New Mexico. Medical, Pharmacy, and Nursing Students at UNM HSC joined with the New Mexico Pediatric Society to address the root causes of low immunizations rates in two podcasts. In a series of meetings, those involved, learned about and discussed low vaccine COVID vaccine rates in children and brainstormed reasons why rates may be low. Two podcasts were created, researched, and scripted. The podcasts each had a different focus, with one podcast specific for parents and guardians and the other podcast made more towards health care workers. Each twenty-minute podcast focused on presenting the most up-to-date information to answer frequently asked questions surrounding vaccine safety, hesitancy, NM vaccination rates, and other significant topics. Both podcasts are available for listening on all streaming platforms as episodes of the PedX podcast. This was truly an interdisciplinary team effort, intended to provide current information and education about COVID-19 vaccines to help families, physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and all other health care providers, to make informed decisions regarding COVID vaccinations in children.
Keywords
COVID-19 vaccine, vaccine hesitancy, children, vaccination rates
Recommended Citation
Russell, Taylor; Anna Pounds; Cat Tally; Amy Bachyrycz; Melissa Martinez; and Melissa Mason. "UNM HSC Students Address Low Rate Childhood COVID Vaccination via Podcasts." (2024). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_ipe_posters/26
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Presented at IPE Day 2024