To reach higher levels of COVID vaccination, we need to have active implementation supports that encourage equitable vaccination for COVID-19. While uptake generally has been good initially, there are groups that are hesitant or who have not yet decided to request a vaccine dose.
The Canadian National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) has provided preliminary guidance on key populations for vaccination programs in Canada using the EEFA framework (ethics, equity, feasibility and acceptability). These are excellent and they require communities to translate the guidelines into implementable vaccination plans.
Communities are core in vaccinating our population, yet they have been stretched throughout the ongoing pandemic with limited time, capacity, and energy. Successful vaccination will require a multi-pronged approach that includes public health, primary and community care providers, the communities themselves working together. Some communities are certainly well on their way towards this goal. Others need more support.
immPACC provides a feasible approach to improving and speeding up the exploration of community based options to improve vaccine uptake and does so embedding equity into a patient-centred workshop approach.
To provide a quick perspective of the goals and process - as presented to community participants - we have created this short video below.
The ISU has built the immPACC Mapping approach based on evidence, best practice, design thinking, and the NACI guidelines to help a community coordinate across its key stakeholders and create local plans for equitable and feasible vaccination. A cornerstone of this adaptable approach is a short, facilitated, virtual workshop that will:
immPACC Mapping, which is based off of PACC Mapping, is comprised of 4 stages:
immPACC really focuses on the first three: