Outreach on Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccinations
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On May 10, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to include adolescents aged 5 to 15. On May 12th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices(ACIP) endorsed the use of the vaccine for adolescents.
Though most children with COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms, some children can get severely ill and require hospitalization. There have also been rare, tragic cases of children dying from COVID-19 and its effects, including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 public education campaign is a national initiative to increase public confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines while reinforcing basic prevention measures, such as mask wearing and physical distancing.
To achieve these goals, tailored toolkits like this are available with all the information and materials you need to help share the campaign messages in your community. Thanks to partners like you, science-based information can be widely shared to benefit the most people possible.
Through a nationwide network of trusted messengers and consistent, fact-based public health messaging, these efforts help the public make informed decisions about their health and COVID-19, including steps they can take to protect themselves and their communities.
What you can do
Talk to teens and parents in your family or community about the importance of getting vaccinated.
Commit to taking new actions or redoubling efforts to boost the number of adolescents in your community who are vaccinated.
Work with community organizations to expand access to vaccines for adolescents. Host on-site clinics to help vaccinate children and adults, learn how to here.
Resources
- Communicating with adolescents and parents: Facts on COVID-19’s impact; talking points about the importance of vaccination, vaccine effectiveness and safety, and other preventive measures.
- Key things to know: The most important things you need to know about the COVID-19 vaccines.
- Door-to-door flyer: Handout with information about how to find vaccines nearby.
- Social media: Social media for adolescent outreach.
- Talking about COVID-19 vaccines with family and friends: Tips on how to have open and helpful conversations about COVID-19 with people you care about.
- Quick tips for partners: Ideas on the various communication tactics you can use to amplify the campaign messages among members of your community
- What vaccinated people need to know: Recommendations on what people who have been fully vaccinated can start doing, and things they need to continue to do to protect themselves and others.
For updates and other material resources, visit WeCanDoThis.HHS.gov