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| Improving the Vaccination Experience: Reducing Pain and Anxiety for Children and Adults |
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| February 28, 2023 |
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| 1 hour, 3 minutes |
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| Anxiety about needles and injections affects as many as 2 out of 3 children and 1 out of 4 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. |
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| On February 28, 2023, Immunize.org and experts from HELP Eliminate Pain in Kids and Adults presented a webinar, Improving the Vaccination Experience: Reducing Pain and Anxiety for Children and Adults. In this webinar, Dr. Anna Taddio discussed the principles behind vaccination pain and anxiety, and simple, evidence-based strategies to reduce apprehension. Her research on these topics was used by the World Health Organization (WHO), Public Health Canada, and others to develop guidelines for reducing vaccination pain. |
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Anna Taddio, BScPhm, PhD; Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto; Senior Associate Scientist, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario |
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Kelly L. Moore, MD, MPH; President and CEO, Immunize.org |
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Lucie Marisa Bucci, MA; Director, Policy and Government Relations, Society for Infodemic Management (SIM), Québec, Québec |
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Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH; Director for Research, Immunize.org |
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| This webinar was developed by Immunize.org and was 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. |
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| Webinar slide set (posted with permission of Dr. Taddio) [pdf - 6MB download] |
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| Additional Resources |
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| Immunize.org Resource |
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| HELP Eliminate Pain in Kids & Adults (University of Toronto) |
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| The Comfort-Ask-Relax-Distract System |
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| Evidence and Guidelines |
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World Health Organization |
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Meeting of the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization, April 2015: Conclusions and Recommendations, see "Reducing Pain and Distress at the Time of Vaccination" on page 269 |
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Immunization Stress-Related Response: A Manual for Program Managers and Health Professionals to Prevent, Identify and Respond to Stress-Related Responses Following Immunization |
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Canada Communicable Disease Report |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 
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