Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines | COVID-19 Clinical Updates | August 4, 2021
Date of Presentation: August 4, 2021
Type: Past Presentation
Audience: Clinical
Program: Virology
Keywords: #covid clinical updates #vaccine confidence
In this presentation, Tyanne Conner, Native Boost Project Coordinator at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, shares practical tips for building COVID-19 vaccine confidence among your patients, then Dr. Jorge Mera, Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services, summarizes the latest clinical updates focused on COVID-19 prevention, transmission, vaccination, and treatment, and provides the latest update on variants.
Recording:
Presented by:
Tyanne Conner, Dr. Jorge Mera
Tyanne Conner, MS, is the Native Boost Project Coordinator at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Jorge Mera, MD, FACP, is the Director of Infectious Diseases for Cherokee Nation Health Services (CNHS), the largest tribally operated health care system in the United States. He completed his fellowship in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and is Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) in Infectious Diseases. During recent years Jorge’s efforts have been dedicated to organizing the Cherokee Nation HCV elimination program, as well as the HIV/HCV ECHO project. He is also the Director of the HIV clinic since 2012 and the Principal Investigator of the End the HIV Epidemic for the CNHS. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the Oklahoma State University Health Science Center and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
Resources Provided:
- Answering Patients’ Questions About COVID-19 Vaccine and Vaccination (CDC)
- Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination (CDC)
- Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit (CDC)
- How to talk to your patients about COVID-19 vaccination (CDC)
- Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines (CDC)
- Casirivimab & Imdevimab (REGN-COV2) Emergency Use Authorization (FDA EUA IHS National P&T Committee)
- Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 Infections, Including COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections, Associated with Large Public Gatherings — Barnstable County, Massachusetts, July 2021 (MMWR)
- Remdesivir Versus Standard-of-Care for Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: An Analysis of 28-Day Mortality (Open Forum Infec Dis)
- FDA authorizes REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) for COVID-19 (FDA)
- Longitudinal Assessment of Diagnostic Test Performance Over the Course of Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection (J of Infect Dis)
- COVID-19—Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining (Clinical Infect Dis)
- The “Legal Epidemiology” of Pandemic Control (NEJM)
- Understanding Historical Trauma when Responding to an Event in Indian Country (SAMHSA)
- COVID-19 Resources (NPAIHB)
- Visual Stories – COVID-19 PSAs (NNACOE)
- Pregnancy and COVID – Page 19 (NPAIHB)
- Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Among Your Patients: Tips for the Healthcare Team (Presentation Slides)
- COVID-19 Clinical Updates (Presentation Slides)
Date added: September 16, 2021