Disclaimer: The blue links below take you to pre-recorded webinars and training modules. Although some of these modules are designed for licensed healthcare professionals, the information provided will prepare you to educate members of the community about covid-19 vaccine, testing and accessing these services. We do not provide medical advice when speaking to community members or youth, we do prepare them to talk to their own healthcare provider.

Training Certificate: For record-keeping purposes, we have created a training certificate. Download and fill out the training certificate after each training. This certificate will need to be turned in to your supervisor and uploaded to your training record

COVID-19 INFORMATION WEBSITES

These are sites that are safe and vetted for us to share with the community.

My Turn CA

https://myturn.ca.gov/

• Find a walk-in clinic

• Make an appointment

• Find a testing site

• Get your digital vaccine record

Vaccinate All 58

https://www.vaccinateall58.com/

• Covid-19 response toolkit

COVID-19 CA Website

https://covid19.ca.gov/

• Track Covid-19 in CA (Data)

Pink Book Series

[Appropriate for all staff]

"CDC is offering a series of weekly one-hour web-on-demand videos that will provide an overview of vaccination principles, general best practices, immunization strategies, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each video will include updated information from recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meetings and votes."

• Principles of Vaccination (released July 5th) Training Certificate

• General Best Practice Guidelines, Part 1 (released July 12th) Training Certificate

• General Best Practice Guidelines, Part 2, and Vaccine Safety (released July 19th) Training Certificate

What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines and Becoming a Vaccination Provider

[Appropriate for all staff]

What Healthcare Providers Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines and Becoming a Vaccination Provider

This module discusses how to become a COVID-19 vaccination provider and how to comply with COVID-19 vaccination program requirements. Learning about how COVID-19 vaccines work allows healthcare workers to better educate their patients during the vaccination appointment.

Purpose: To discuss essential information about COVID-19 vaccines and what is necessary to become a COVID-19 vaccinator.

• Training Certificate

Ensuring Vaccine Safety in the United States

[Appropriate for all staff]

Ensuring Vaccine Safety in the United States: A Primer for Healthcare Workers

This module reviews multiple aspects of vaccine safety so that healthcare professionals can educate their patients and answer questions. Vaccine life cycle and safety monitoring is described throughout as well as how adverse events are monitored and reported. Finally, the roles of federal agencies in monitoring vaccine safety is also discussed.

Purpose: To understand the systems that are in place to ensure vaccine safety.

• Training Certificate

Hosting Off-Site Vaccination Clinics

[Appropriate for all staff]

Hosting Off-Site Vaccination Clinics: A Primer for Healthcare Workers

This module describes how healthcare professionals can effectively use off-site clinics as part of their vaccination strategy. Four phases of planning and hosting an off-site vaccination clinic are discussed. Recommended practices for planning and executing off-site vaccination clinics are included for each phase. ​

Purpose: To learn recommendations for planning and hosting effective off-site vaccinations clinics.

• Training Certificate

Hosting Off-Site COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics

[Appropriate for all staff]

Hosting Off-Site COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics: A Primer for Healthcare Workers

This module discusses how healthcare professionals can successfully host an off-site COVID-19 vaccination clinic. Considerations address preventing exposure to SARS-CoV2, optimizing limited vaccine supply, and maximizing the number of patients going through the clinic. ​

Purpose: To apply considerations for hosting off-site COVID-19 vaccination clinics so that these vaccination clinics are as effective as possible.

• Training Certificate

COVID-19 Vaccine Training Modules

[Appropriate for all staff]

COVID-19 Vaccine Training: General Overview of Immunization Best Practices for Healthcare Providers (Updated October 27. 2021) Training Certificate

Janssen COVID-19 Vaccine (Johnson & Johnson): What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know (Updated March 8. 2022) Training Certificate

Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know (Updated March 7. 2022) Training Certificate

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine: What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know (Updated March 7. 2022) Training Certificate

Community Engagement Playbook

[Appropriate for all staff]

The Community Engagement Playbook (“the Playbook”) was created to guide you, public health professionals and state, territorial, local, and tribal (STLT) partners through the phases and activities of community engagement. The Playbook describes four phases of community engagement (CE):

• Phase I: Setting the Stage

• Phase II: Getting Started

• Phase III: Keeping It Going

• Phase IV: Wrapping Up

These phases roll out over the course of site-based environmental public health work. We also describe nine key community engagement activities that may be used to bring the community’s knowledge, needs, and preferences into the process, and that build community capacity by facilitating environmental health learning and community connections with other organizations positioned to support community goals.

• Training Certificate

Vaccine misinformation management field guide

Guidance for addressing a global infodemic and fostering demand for immunization

[Appropriate for all staff]

Active Listening Guide

[Appropriate for all staff]

https://harmreduction.org/our-work/training-capacity-building/online-training-institute/