Description

The COVID-19 crisis has particular implications for Survivors of Torture programs and non-hospital-based organizations are starting to ask questions about safely providing services now that vaccination is possible for many staff and clients. What are the ethical considerations about safely returning to in-person services? Do we need to mandate that staff get vaccinated? Clients? Can we still infect others if we have been vaccinated? How can we as providers assure our clients have current and accurate information on vaccination?

In this webinar, Dr. Rajeev Bais and Dr. Edwin Hayes of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Carolina Survivor Clinic in Columbia, SC, draw on their experience in both hospital-based and community clinic-based work to present a brief description of the COVID-19 virus, its prevalence, and treatment. They also provide up-to-date information on vaccination, considerations for providing vaccination information in a multi-cultural environment, and approaches for addressing vaccine and equity concerns among underserved clients.

Objectives

After attending this webinar participants will:

1. Have new tools for developing or strengthening their program’s approach to COVID vaccination
2. Be able to recognize current and novel treatment options for COVID-19
3. Be able to identify good practices and ethical considerations for talking with clients about COVID-19 vaccinations
4. Be able to locate resources to help themselves and their clients obtain accurate information on COVID-19
5. Learn/adapt approaches for addressing vaccine hesitancy and equity concerns among underserved clients

PowerPoint

• Single slide per page: COVID vaccinations Practical and Ethical Considerations.pdf 
• Six slides per page: COVID vaccinations Practical and Ethical Considerations_6slidespage.pdf 

Resources

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) statement on vaccinating pregnant and lactating patients against COVID-19 https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/12/vaccinating-pregnant-and-lactating-patients-against-covid-19
• National Institutes of Health COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/
• CDC Emerging SARS-CoV-2 Variants https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/science-and-research/scientific-brief-emerging-variants.html
• CDC COVID-19 Vaccination page https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/vaccination.html
• CDC Understanding and Explaining mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/hcp/mrna-vaccine-basics.html
• What Clinicians Need to Know About the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Presentation by Amanda Cohn, MD and Sarah Mbaeyi, MD, MPH, December 13, 2020 CDC https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/pfizer-biontech-vaccine-what-Clinicians-need-to-know.pdf
• CDC Vaccine Administration Management System page:  https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/reporting/vams/index.html

Multilingual Resources on COVID-19

• Switchboard: A Round-Up of Multilingual Resources on COVID-19 https://switchboardta.org/blog/a-round-up-of-multilingual-resources-on-covid-19/
• National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM) Translated Materials Library https://nrcrim.umn.edu/health-education/translated-materials-library
• Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) factsheets for the Pfizer and Modern COVID-19 Vaccine. Please note that the languages bolded are *new* updates.
  • Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine | FDA
    • Translated factsheets for recipients and caregivers.
    • When you enter the site, make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the webpage for hyperlinks to the translated languages below.
    • Available in Arabic, Burmese, Cherokee, Chuukese, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, lu Mien, Khmer, Korean, Mam, Marshallese, Navajo, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Yiddish.
  • Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine | FDA
    • Translated factsheets for recipients and caregivers.
    • When you enter the site, make sure to scroll down to the bottom of the webpage for hyperlinks to the translated languages below.
    • Available in Arabic, Burmese, Cherokee, Chuukese, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Hmong, lu Mien, Khmer, Korean, Mam, Marshallese, Navajo, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Somali, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Yiddish.
• CDC Communication Toolkit For Migrants, Refugees, and Other Limited-English-Proficient Populations (doesn’t list vaccine) https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/communication-toolkit.html

References

Rambaut, A. et al, B.1.1.7 Variant COVID-19 Genomics Consortium U.K.

CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, First Month of COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Monitoring – United States, December 14, 2020-January 13, 2021