There is one week until #AIAW25, and we could not be more excited to share everything we have planned to help keep you, your kids, and your patients healthy!
During AIAW 2024, Unity reached over 275 million teens, parents, and healthcare providers through the support of members and partners. This year, #AIAW25 is another chance for us to reach new audiences and keep more teens safe from vaccine-preventable illnesses. Read on to learn why AIAW is important, and what you can do to get ready for #AIAW25.
During AIAW, we encourage teens and parents to stay on TASK with vaccines. TASK stands for four key things to remember for vaccination:
- Trust good resources
- Ask questions
- Schedule an appointment
- Know where to get vaccinated
It can be hard to stay up to date on all the recommended vaccines, reminding your community to stay on TASK is an easy way to help everyone stay up to date, and overcome vaccine challenges.
Each day during AIAW, Unity will feature events centred around a daily theme. Monday will focus on all the pieces of staying on TASK, and each subsequent day will focus on a specific component of TASK. We encourage you to participate and share these events with your community!
- Monday April 7th at 12 PM ET, Stay on TASK: AIAW Kickoff, Social media takeover! Join us with flooding social media to about the value of vaccines by sharing resources and encouraging adolescents, young adults, and their families to stay on TASK with vaccines.
Get ready for the takeover by downloading and sharing our AIAW25 social posts from our Partner Toolkit (password: unity). From there, you’ll find more ways to activate all week long with daily themed TASK posts, webinar and FACTSinnated content, and more. - Tuesday April 8th, Trust good resources: Tune in to the AIAW25 Young Adult Panel. How can teens separate fact from fiction about vaccines? Our youth panel will tackle misinformation with real stories and expert advice on evaluating vaccine info online, the role of peer influence in vaccine confidence, and why vaccination matters for adolescents. Available on YouTube.
- Wednesday April 9thAsk Questions: Listen to our special AIAW FACTsinnated episode with Dr. Cindy Leifer! Dr. Leifer is a professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University and host of the Microbe Tv show ‘Immune”. In this episode, she discusses ways to counter vaccine misinformation and build trust with health care providers.
- Thursday April 10th 12pm EST Schedule an appointment: AIAW webinar! We invite adolescents, young adults, parents, healthcare professionals, advocates, educators, and others to engage in a conversation with leading experts about trust, misinformation, and vaccination. Chelsea Clinton, DPhil, MPH, Vice Chair, Clinton Foundation, will moderate the webinar, which will feature science communicator Joel Brevell, MD, social scientist Alison Buttenheim, PhD, MBA, and medical journalist and infectious disease and global health specialist Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA.
Register now: https://bit.ly/3F9TYu3 - Friday April 11th Know Where to get Vaccinated: Use the resources shared throughout #AIAW25 to follow up with your healthcare provider, local pharmacy/clinic, or other vaccine provider to find out what vaccines are available for you and where to get them.
AIAW is a great way get involved in youth vaccine advocacy! Remember to stay on TASK and share what you’ve learned with your friends and family and get everyone excited for #AIAW25!
