ADVAC250

Engaging Community Healthcare Professionals in Improving Adult Immunization Practices to Reduce the Burden of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Train the Trainer

Do you work with clients or patients to restore good physical or oral health, help develop coping skills and support emotional well-being, provide education about medications, relieve pain, or promote good nutrition and fitness? If you are a health and wellness professional who works in one of many licensed and accredited fields and regularly engages with the members of the public, you play an integral role in protecting and promoting individual health and the health of communities. This includes talking to your patients or clients regularly about the importance of preventive medicine as part of holistic healthcare.

One critical component of preventive healthcare is immunization against preventable diseases. In adults aged 50 years and older, diseases such as influenza, pneumococcal disease, RSV, shingles, and COVID-19, are estimated to cost over $26 billion each year in the US, and it has been estimated that 40,000–50,000 adults die annually from vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs).

In your role, you can enhance community efforts to improve adult vaccination practices. This certified online training program provides you with the education and tools you need to promote health equity and have informed conversations about the importance, effectiveness, and safety of immunizations as part of comprehensive preventive health strategies.

Faculty: Mary Koslap-Petraco DNP, PPCNP-BC, CPNP, FAANP, Kaitlyn Rivard, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, AAVHIP

Release Date: September 01, 2025

Expiration Date: September 01, 2026