Your Voice Matters Most
Health Professionals are most trusted by the Hispanic community.
One of the biggest motivators for unvaccinated members of the Hispanic community to get vaccinated is hearing from a trusted source. As a health professional, your voice is the one they trust the most.* Help members of the Hispanic/Latino community make the best choice for themselves and their families.
*Zencity / BennetMidland
Resources for Healthcare Professionals: 2022 Vaccine Advocacy Toolkit
Our 2022 Vaccine Advocacy Toolkit gives healthcare professionals an accessible, useful, and concise set of tools specifically tailored to increase vaccine uptake and address the main barriers that Hispanic people face in our current healthcare system. This toolkit places a special emphasis on fostering an empathetic and caring relationship between patients and their healthcare providers, which is essential to overcoming barriers to care.
Data from across sectors prove that one of the most important ways to reach those who are unvaccinated is through hearing from trusted sources. This toolkit was made to help you make this possible.
Physician Roundtable: Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr. Eduardo Mariel, Dr. Carolina Saldarriaga Perez, and Dr. Fernando L. Ortiz from Neighborhood Health Clinics shared the key takeaways from their experience, and offered actionable next steps for their fellow vaccine advocates and #VaccinateForAll Champions.
“Bringing the vaccine to the community is fundamental to reach out our goal. We need to bring medical care and prevention (vaccines) to the people and not rely on them to find their way to medical services. We have the knowledge and the supplies. Our communities have the desire to participate, but they don't know-how; they need to feel secure and trust the providers. This is why we go to them. We offer them the vaccines and provide multilingual/multicultural staff that understand the communities, answer their questions, and offer solutions. We need to meet our communities where they are and not ask them to meet us where we are.”
—Claudia Medina, MD, MHA, MPH, HIT
NHMA Member
Resources Tailored To Health Professionals
For almost 30 years, the National Hispanic Medical Association has united the medical community in serving the health and wellbeing of the Hispanic population in the United States. Now, with support from the CDC and Johnson & Johnson, we’re mobilizing Health Professionals to help their patients make the best choices for their health by becoming Vaccinate For All Champions. When you become a Vaccinate For All Champion, you’re gaining access to a thriving network of other leaders in the field and a venue to exercise leadership and benefit from the expertise of others.
Access the 2022 Action Plan
We know you’re busy, but we also know you care. That’s why we’ve cultivated opportunities both big and small so that you and your team can support the health of your patients.
The Vaccinate For All 2022 Action Plan contains activations specifically for Health Professionals designed with the unique needs of the Hispanic/Latino community in mind.
• Media, interviews, and public health campaigns
• Microgrant opportunities for community activation
• Leadership and speaker opportunities
Questions? Ideas? Feedback? We want to hear from you. Email us at vaccinateforall@nhma.org.
Additional Resources
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COVID-19 Virtual Briefing Sessions
As a Vaccinate For All Champion, you’ll get access to this exclusive series featuring leaders from across the Health Professional community sharing the latest guidance and updates on serving Hispanic populations during the pandemic.
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Upcoming Events
Throughout the country, we have seen NHMA Chapters organize vaccination drives and community meetings to answer people’s questions. If you want to organize a vaccination drive, but need help planning it, connect with us at vaccinateforall@nhmamd.org, and we will do our best to support you.
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HispanicHealth.Info
As the leading association for Health Professionals dedicated to serving the health of Hispanic populations in the United States, NHMA is committed to making our resources available to everyone through our Hispanic Health Portal.
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