A new toolkit from NCDHHS offers a variety of resources to support healthcare providers with giving vaccines. The information and tools address the challenges involved in providing vaccines, including conversation guides, communication tools, and population-specific guidance.

To learn more, check out the ADL’s July 15 Highlighted Resource:

Talking with Parents and Caregivers About Vaccines | Division of Public Health

As a health care provider, you share the same goal as the families you see every day: to help their children have a healthy future.

Parents trust their health care provider, even if they have questions about recommended childhood vaccines. Help make sure they get real answers. Talk early and often with families about the importance of vaccines. There are no shortcuts—building trust and motivating parents requires empathy, clarity and consistency. Evidence supports that being kind and understanding helps parents who are unsure.