Acadia Parish Pediatricians Vaccine Confidence Coalition

• Helping to increase vaccine confidence and uptake;

• Improving health care in rural areas;

• Reinforcing basic messages about 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; and

• Coordinating with existing vaccination sites and public health partners to identify isolated and/or vaccine hesitant populations.

Our initiative is to improve vaccine confidence and counter vaccine hesitancy in rural communities where COVID-19 and other vaccines uptake lags in comparison to more populated areas.

The program will address health equity gaps by offering support and resources to medically underserved rural communities.

Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them