About This Webinar
Anxiety about needles and injections affects as many as two out of three children and one out of four adults. This anxiety can contribute to dreading, delaying, or avoiding vaccinations, even when the importance of preventing illness is understood. Good news: there are safe, effective, and practical steps that vaccinators, vaccine recipients, and caregivers can take to reduce vaccination-related pain and anxiety. Creating a less stressful vaccination experience increases confidence in vaccination.
Additional Resources
HELP Eliminate Pain in Kids & Adults
AboutKidsHealth
Government of Canada
- Vaccination Pain Management for Children: Guidance for Healthcare Providers
- Vaccination Pain Management for Adults: Guidance for Healthcare Providers
WHO
- Reducing Pain and Distress at the Time of Vaccination
- Immunization Stress-Related Responses: A Synopsis of the Manual for Program Managers and Health Professionals To Prevent, Identify and Respond To Stress-Related Responses Following Immunization
Canada Communicable Disease Report
This webinar was developed by Immunize.org and supported by Grant No. CDC-RFA-IP21-2104 from the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC. Its contents are solely the responsibility of Immunize.org and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC.
Panelists
Anna Taddio, BScPhm, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto; Senior Associate Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario
Kelly L. Moore, MD, MPH
President and CEO, Immunize.org
Lucie Marisa Bucci, MA
Director, Policy and Government Relations, Society for Infodemic Management (SIM), Québec, Québec
Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH
Director for Research, Immunize.org