Your Adolescents & Young Adults May Not Be Protected
Immunization rates for recommended vaccines among adolescents and young adults are not where they need to be. Why?
UNITY Resources
• How to get more adolescents and young adults into the office
• How to take full advantage of every office visit to make sure adolescents and young adults are fully vaccinated
Raising Awareness of Teen Vaccines Needed: Protection is a Snap.
Protection is a Snap (Spanish Version Available)
Raising Awareness of Teen Vaccines Needed: Protect Your Self(ie).
Protect Yourself(ie) (Spanish Version Available)
Protect & Connect Fact Sheet: Details on recommended adoleslescent vaccines and illnesses they protect.
Protect & Connect Fact Sheet
Getting teens to show up to your practice: Watch expert Dr. Tamera Coyne-Beasley discuss solutions for Sub-optimal Adherence Rates
Tamera Coyne-Beasley – Sub-Optimal Adherence Rates in Adolescent Vaccines
How to have a confident and concise "shared clinicial decision making" discussion with teens and young adults (and their parents)
Many teens fell behind in seeing a healthcare provider for wellness visits, preventive care, and routinely recommended vaccines like Tdap, HPV, and meningitis during the pandemic. And the volume and tone of vaccine information and misinformation in the news, on social media, and even just talking with family and friends can be overwhelming or confusing for teens and families.
Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, moderates a discussion with young adult health advocates ready to share the power of engaging adolescents & young adults in their preventive health decisions.
Who Should Watch: Adolescents and young adults, parents of adolescents and young adults, pediatric/adolescent healthcare providers, public health, and other stakeholders interested in adolescent health and immunization.
Activating Teens and Young Adults in Vaccine Decisions
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs – Consistent, Confident, and Concise – to recommend a MenB Vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 18YO adolescent.
Three Cs Demo: 18 YO Acceptance of MenB Vaccine
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs – Consistent, Confident, and Concise – to recommend a MenB Vaccine and MenACWY vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 16 YO adolescent and their mother. Patient and mother are accepting of both vaccines.
Three Cs Demo: 16YO and Mom Acceptance of MenACWY and MenB Vaccines
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs- Consistent, Confident, and Concise- to recommend a MenB Vaccine and MenACWY vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 16 YO adolescent and their mother. Patient and mother are accepting of MenACWY vaccine, but hesitant to accept MenB vaccine.
Three Cs Demo: 16 YO and Mom Acceptance of MenACWY Vaccine and Hesitant of MenB Vaccine
Scenarios demonstrate HCP Consistent, Confident, Concise Recommendations of MenACWY and MenB (shared clinical decision making) vaccines with varying levels of acceptance, using motivational interviewing techniques that engage the parent and teen.
Three Cs Demo: Healthcare Provider Vaccine Recommendations
UNITY Resources
How to make parents and teens more aware of what vaccines they need (potentially before they visit the office)
Many teens fell behind in seeing a healthcare provider for wellness visits, preventive care, and routinely recommended vaccines like Tdap, HPV, and meningitis during the pandemic. And the volume and tone of vaccine information and misinformation in the news, on social media, and even just talking with family and friends can be overwhelming or confusing for teens and families.
Dr. Chelsea Clinton, Vice Chair of the Clinton Foundation, moderates a discussion with young adult health advocates ready to share the power of engaging adolescents & young adults in their preventive health decisions.
Who Should Watch: Adolescents and young adults, parents of adolescents and young adults, pediatric/adolescent healthcare providers, public health, and other stakeholders interested in adolescent health and immunization.
Activating Teens and Young Adults in Vaccine Decisions
Raising Awareness of Teen Vaccines Needed: Protect Your Self(ie).
Protect Yourself(ie) (Spanish Version Available)
UNITY Resources
• How to get more adolescents and young adults vaccinated without it interfering with other priorities
• How to make vaccines a higher priority for everyone in the office
• Proven ideas for "automating" the vaccination process in the office
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs – Consistent, Confident, and Concise – to recommend a MenB Vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 18YO adolescent.
Three Cs Demo: 18 YO Acceptance of MenB Vaccine
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs – Consistent, Confident, and Concise – to recommend a MenB Vaccine and MenACWY vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 16 YO adolescent and their mother. Patient and mother are accepting of both vaccines.
Three Cs Demo: 16YO and Mom Acceptance of MenACWY and MenB Vaccines
This demo demonstrates a healthcare provider using the three Cs- Consistent, Confident, and Concise- to recommend a MenB Vaccine and MenACWY vaccine using motivational interviewing techniques to a 16 YO adolescent and their mother. Patient and mother are accepting of MenACWY vaccine, but hesitant to accept MenB vaccine.
Three Cs Demo: 16 YO and Mom Acceptance of MenACWY Vaccine and Hesitant of MenB Vaccine
Scenarios demonstrate HCP Consistent, Confident, Concise Recommendations of MenACWY and MenB (shared clinical decision making) vaccines with varying levels of acceptance, using motivational interviewing techniques that engage the parent and teen.
Three Cs Demo: Healthcare Provider Vaccine Recommendations
UNITY Resources
• Ways to shorten discussions with parents and getting to "yes"
• Tools to address parents' questions before they come into the office
Raising Awareness of Teen Vaccines Needed: Protect Your Self(ie).
Protect Yourself(ie) (Spanish Version Available)
Protect & Connect Fact Sheet: Details on recommended adoleslescent vaccines and illnesses they protect.
Protect & Connect Fact Sheet
Separating Fact from Fiction. Vaccine Advocate Ethan Lindenberger and Dr. Laura Offutt discuss how and where to find reliable sources of vaccine information on the internet
Ethan Lindenberger: Separating Fact from Fiction
Scenarios demonstrate Health Care Provider consistent, confident, and concise recommendations for adolescent vaccines utilizing motivational interview techniques. These presumptive, bundled recommendation vignettes show various scenarios of parental vaccine acceptance at the 11, 12, and 16 year-old well visit.
The Three Cs: Scenarios Featuring Healthcare Provider Vaccine Recommendations at Ages 11 and 12
An overview of the UNITY Consortium (the sponsor of the Three Cs study), reviews current gaps vs. adolescent immunization goals, and provides the rationale for the quality improvement study that focuses on the provider recommendation and applies motivational interviewing principles to the parent-provider conversation.
The Three Cs Background
UNITY Resources
• Ways to identify key stakeholders in my geography that could impact adolescent and young adult vaccination
• Ways to get all of the important stakeholders aligned and working together to help improve adolescent and young adult vaccination rates
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