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Addressing vaccine confidence in Adventist Health Tillamook communities

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Recent efforts to support vaccine outreach in rural communities Adventist Health Tillamook serves have been funded by the Rural Health Clinic Vaccine Confidence Program. This effort is a grant-funded Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) initiative to improve vaccine confidence and counter vaccine hesitancy in rural, underserved communities. These efforts include the following:

  • Helping to increase vaccine confidence and uptake
  • Improving health care in rural areas
  • Reinforcing basic messages about the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases
  • Accessing vaccinations
  • Education and outreach efforts around vaccine benefits and safety
  • Vaccine promotion
  • Providing information to rural residents about how and where to get vaccinated
  • Coordinating with existing vaccination sites and public health partners to identify isolated and/or vaccine-hesitant populations

This publication is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $396,232 with 0 percent financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.