In our September Newsletter, we highlighted the Immunisation Grants that AH&MRC provided to 18 member services to support their winter immunisation efforts in 2024.
We are actively collecting feedback and success stories from ACCHOs that received the grant.
Some of the effective strategies reported by ACCHOs included:
- upskilling of registered nurses and Aboriginal health practitioners to become certified immunisers;
- one-on-one education sessions focused on vaccination awareness during community health days, and
- incentives for community members who receive vaccinations.
These locally designed strategies have proven successful in increasing immunisation participation rates The recent systematic review, ‘Strategies to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in First Nations peoples’ summarises how important using First Nations designed strategies were during COVID and AH&MRC is wanting to continue to support your community-driven immunisation strategies.
We are really looking forward to hearing from all our member services about your immunisation programs and learn from your experiences to better support your ACCHO in the coming year.
To facilitate this, we invite you to complete a short survey where you can share any feedback, suggestions for improvement, and any specific requests to enhance our support. You can access the survey here:
Immunisation Activities – 2024 Winter Season
We hope to collect valuable insights from all our member services and look forward to sharing success stories and highlights of immunisation programs taking place across our communities this year. Stay tuned!