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. 2022 Nov 24;41(1):23–35. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.09.093

Table 2.

Summary of interventions identified through the grey literature environmental scan.

Identifier Organization and Resource Name Year Type of Resource Summary of Resource
G1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HPV Vaccine: Same Way, Same Day[41]
2018 Mobile app An app to enhance the abilities of providers to practice techniques to introduce and discuss the HPV vaccine with parents and patients, including those who may be hesitant to immunize. This includes well produced animated videos of clinical encounters.
G2 University of Calgary
Vaccine Hesitancy Guide[47]
2021 Text-based cases A comprehensive online guide to support better clinical conversations about vaccines. The guide presents guidance, scripts, and resources for HCWs to help navigate conversations about COVID-19 vaccines with hesitant patients.
G3 American Academy of Pediatrics
Challenging Cases: Vaccine Hesitancy[14]
2019 Elearning Module A course that provides strategies to promote vaccine confidence in vaccine-hesitant parents in a time efficient and effective manner, including case studies on infant vaccination and MMR vaccination. Focuses on vaccine communications for pediatricians.
G4 American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Preparing Nursing Students to Effectively Address Vaccine Hesitancy[69]
2021 Didactic Lecture/ Webinar A webinar that provides educators with tools and information to share with nursing students. Topics include the history and current state of vaccine hesitancy, the Immunization Resources for Undergraduate Nursing project, and how students can apply these resources to address vaccine hesitancy.
G5 World Health Organization
Conversations to build trust in vaccination: A training module for health workers that you can download and work through with colleagues[91]
2017 PowerPoint Presentation A practical and adaptable training module aimed at helping healthcare workers address vaccine hesitancy. This module highlights key communication principles, responses to common concerns, and motivational interviewing strategies.
G6 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Among Your Patients[13]
2021 PowerPoint Presentation A presentation that highlights tips for healthcare teams to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines among their patients. This includes information about COVID-19 vaccines, mRNA vaccine technology, vaccine safety monitoring, elements of vaccine confidence, strategies for building vaccine confidence and communicating with patients.
G7 BC Center for Disease Control
Immunization Communication Tool[17]
2021 Handbook A tool that provides health care workers with information and tools needed to communicate effectively about vaccines and address vaccine hesitancy. Contents include a 5-step approach to discussing vaccines and addressing vaccine hesitancy, answers to common questions, motivational interviewing strategies, immunization stories, and techniques to reduce injection pain.
G8 Canadian Paediatric Society
Our best shot at beating COVID-19: Overcoming vaccine hesitancy in 2021[51]
2021 Elearning Module A module providing healthcare workers with tools and skills needed for discussing COVID-19 vaccines with parents, guardians, and children. The module helps providers counter COVID-19 misinformation, initiate discussion regarding vaccine-related issues, address hesitancy, and build public confidence regarding the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines.
G9 Alberta Medical Association
Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy[1]
2021 Comprehensive Resource Hub A resource hub with conversation tools for discussing vaccines with patients. Resources include a vaccine hesitancy guide, PrOTCT PLAN for the COVID-19 vaccine discussion, and FAQs.
G10 Doctors Manitoba
Guide to Responding to Vaccine Hesitancy[39]
NA Comprehensive Resource Hub A resource hub containing guidance for healthcare workers when discussing COVID-19 vaccines with patients. This includes advice for communicating with patients such as recognizing the nuances around patient views, the importance of the messenger and approach, and tangible guidance.
G11 Government of Canada
Addressing vaccine hesitancy in the context of COVID-19: A primer for health care providers[36]
2021 Evidence-based webpage An interactive webpage intended to support health care providers in better understanding and addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, in their practice and beyond. Topics include, information on vaccine hesitancy, drivers of vaccine hesitancy, and strategies for building vaccine confidence.
G12 Canadian Medical Protective Association
Vaccinating: Doing it safely, and addressing vaccine hesitancy and refusal[83]
2021 Evidence-based webpage An online article that addresses discussing vaccines with patients, obtaining informed consent, treating unvaccinated patients, and what to do when patients or legal guardians are hesitant or refuse vaccinations.
G13 Center for Effective Practice
COVID-19: Vaccines[20]
2021 Comprehensive resource hub A tool that addresses how to speak with patients regarding vaccine hesitancy. Resources include, the PrOTCT framework, compiled up-to-date facts on COVID-19 vaccines, insights into understanding vaccine hesitancy in Black communities and Indigenous communities.
G14 American Pharmacist Association
Building Vaccine Confidence[7]
2021 Interactive tool A comprehensive set of resources designed to strengthen vaccine confidence among patients and communities by providing information on how to build vaccine confidence in yourself, your team, and in your patients and the community. This tool also includes a Vaccine Confidence Playbook used to inform pharmacist–patient conversations regarding COVID-19 vaccines.
G15 Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida
Guide to COVID-19
vaccine communications[38]
2021 Handbook A handbook focused on principles for building trust to address vaccine hesitancy. Principles include working within worldviews, using timing to your advantage, choosing the right messengers, making narratives clear, the importance of relationships, changing social norms to gain acceptance, evoking the right emotions, and being explicit and transparent about motivations.
G16 Pediatric Infectious Diseases Societies
Vaccine Education from Training to Practice[84]
NA Elearning Modules A Comprehensive Vaccine Education Program offering strategies to combat vaccine misinformation and address vaccine hesitancy. This is achieved by enhancing vaccine knowledge and confidence in having discussions with patients and parents and enhancing access for medical providers to reliable, up-to-date and accurate vaccine information.