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LIBRARY + CLASSROOM: Virginia has questions, let's provide answers. As Ambassadors, we help bring accurate + timely information to the people around us. This page holds knowledge + resources to support family, friends, peers + communities near you.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
🚀Review resources to help answer questions within your communities.
You may decide to share via conversation, text, email or social.
🎯 Booster Chart
From the FDA, this webpage shares a resource chart to help individuals determine if they are eligible for a vaccine booster.
INCLUDES:
Resource page + chart
🚀 Share via social media, email, or with vaccine providers
4.21.22
🧰 Booster + Second Booster Doses Toolkit
From the Public Health Communications Collaborative, this toolkit provides messaging + outreach tools to communicate booster + second booster dose information.
INCLUDES:
Topline Messages
Answers to Tough Questions
Social Media Sample Posts + Shareable Graphics
🚀 Explore + utilize messaging + shareables on social media or newsletters
Updated: 4.21.22
*updated to include second booster recommendations*
🎯 Quarantine + Isolation Calculator
From the CDC, this web-based resource helps determine if, when, + how long to quarantine or isolate, along with definitions of quarantine vs. isolate, exposure vs. close contact, + more.
INCLUDES:
Quarantine + Isolation Calculator
Definitions, FAQs, + recommendations
🚀 Review + share via newsletter or social media
3.30.22
🎯 Answers to Tough Questions - Mask Guidance
As masking usage + requirements are changing rapidly, these talking points + FAQ resource help clarify + address confusion.
INCLUDES:
Talking points, FAQs, + answers to FAQs
This can also be found on the Containment + Mitigation page.
🚀 Review + utilize in discussion or use to create comms materials
3.17.22
🎯 Interactive Ventilation Tool
From the CDC, this tool allows users to explore how well their home may be ventilated + how to improve ventilation methods, based on customizable options - like whether or not they have a portable HEPA air cleaner, an open window, active HVAC, + so on.
INCLUDES:
Website with interactive tool + recommendations to improve ventilation
🚀 Share via social media or send to family, coworkers, + friends
3.3.22
🧰 COVID Vaccine Ambassador Training: How to Talk to Parents
From Coursera + Johns Hopkins University, this free ~2-hour training course shares best practices on how to have effective + empathetic conversations around vaccines with parents.
INCLUDES:
Free course with certificate of completion
*When you access the webpage, the course start date automatically defaults to the current date. You are able to enroll at any time.*
🚀 Consider enrolling in the course + share with parents, PTAs, or school boards
3.1.22
🧰 Vaccine Resource Hub
Featuring hundreds of vaccine-related resources, the Vaccine Resource Hub intends to support the increase of COVID + flu vaccination across all communities, especially those experiencing racial + ethnic disparities. Created by Partnering for Vaccine Equity, a program of the CDC.
INCLUDES: (in dozens of languages)
Audio + video content
Brochures, factsheets + flyers
Shareable graphics + images
Reports, Surveys, + Webinars
Toolkits
🚀 Review resources. Bookmark + return to when in need of additional vaccine content
12.30.21
🧰 Booster Dose Toolkit
From the Public Health Communications Collaborative, this toolkit provides messaging + outreach tools to communicate booster information. This content has been updated to also address concerns over the Omicron variant.
INCLUDES:
Topline Messages
Answers to Tough Questions
Social Media Sample Posts + Shareable Graphics
🚀 Explore + utilize messaging + shareables on social media or newsletter
12.8.21
🧰 Voices of Long COVID Campaign
Resolve to Save Lives, in partnership with multiple state + local health departments, created the "Voices of Long Covid" campaign to increase awareness + promote vaccine uptake. With a focus on people ages 18-29, the campaign features testimonials from a diverse group of young adults struggling with persistent health problems from COVID.
INCLUDES: (in English + Spanish)
Royalty-free media assets:
- :60, :30 + :15 ads (for placement on television)
- :60, :30 + :15 ads (for placement on radio)
- social media ads + suggested captions
- static digital banner ads (range of standard sizes)
🚀 Review + share where most effective in your region (TV, radio, social, and/or web)
12.1.21
📍 2 New Virginia Equity Dashboards
These dashboards are part of the Commonwealth's commitment to operationalizing equity by increasing transparency + making data more accessible. "COVID-19 has placed a spotlight on health inequity + the ways that structural racism has been embedded in our systems." - Governor Northam
INCLUDES:
Equity in Action
Equity at a Glance
Thank you to the Virginia Health Equity Task Force
🚀 Explore the two equity dashboards to stay up to date in current status
10.25.21
🧰 FDA Approval Toolkit
With FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, an opportunity has opened to converse with those who are unvaccinated + cautiously awaiting further proof of vaccine safety. Made To Save created graphics + sample captions to encourage this conversation.
INCLUDES:
Carousel Graphics/Shareables
Sample Captions
🚀 Share via social media or email
8.26.21
📺 The Conversation: Kids + COVID-19 Vaccines
THE CONVERSATION #BetweenUsAboutUs expands to address questions about the COVID-19 vaccines + children with FAQ videos featuring pediatricians. Watch and share on YouTube.
INCLUDES:
Introduction Video
Which vaccines are available for kids?
Why vaccinate your child for COVID?
Do kids need to get the COVID vaccine?
Has COVID risk changed in kids?
And more...
🚀 Share online, email, print + social
8.26.21
📲 Virginia Gen Z Social Media
Meme culture, absurdity + humor. This Gen Z content merges straight-forward, credible information with a bold, colorful + entertaining vibe that makes it easier + more enticing for young adults (18-25) to get vaccinated against COVID. By doing so, they can protect the moments they care about.
INCLUDES:
TikTok, Instagram Reels
Social Stories + Carousel
Facebook / Twitter Post
Streaming Radio / Audio Clips
Video Shorts
🚀 See what's available + help share via social accounts you own and/or manage
8.26.21
🎯 Children + Family Vaccination - ImmunizeVA
This ImmunizeVA page holds resources to support local immunization efforts. The "Tracker" material is designed for kids + families. This includes social media resources to encourage vaccination for children, and printouts that can be used as coloring sheets for children at vaccination events. The page also includes a variety of testimonials, in static and video format.
🚀 Review + share material with K-12 students and their parents. Include coloring printout at events with children
8.16.21
🧰 Back to School Toolkit
Resources for school district leaders, teachers, parent leaders, + supporters to answer questions, outline school guidance, + increase vaccine confidence. As a part of the We Can Do This campaign, the toolkit features content from CDC + HHS COVID-19 Public Education Campaign.
🚀 Share with parents and students in K-12
8.16.21
✅ Mitigation Strategies + Safe School Reopening
Evidence shows schools can safely open for in-person learning during the pandemic when layered mitigation measures are applied. This helpful handout outlines how to do this, with a summary of the supporting data.
🚀 Review + share with school districts or administration partners
8.11.21
🎯 A Conversation with Dr. Fauci
Join governor Northam + watch the recording of the 60-minute conversation with Dr. Fauci + healthcare providers from the webinar on August 3rd. We’d also appreciate it if you'd share this link with your network + communities.
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🚀 Re-watch/watch + share link on social media, text message, or email
8.4.21
📺 Virginia Town Hall
Short Q+A clips (under 2 minutes) from VDH June Town Hall. Expert answers questions about COVID-19 + how to stay safe this summer.
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Can we get back to normal? Eng | Span
Will restrictions return to Virginia? Eng | Span
Are daycare + camp safe now? Eng | Span
Are summer jobs safe? Eng | Span
Do vaccines protect against variants? Eng | Span
What's the risk for unvaccinated? Eng | Span
Why focus on young adults? Eng | Span
How to get ready for in-person learning? Eng | Span
Why get back to the classroom? Eng | Span
Will in-person classes be required? Eng | Span
Will there be a hybrid option for schools? Eng | Span
🚀 See how local experts answer Virginia's common questions. Share items relevant to your communities
7.26.21
🎯 New Containment Masking
Shareable images with information on how to know when + where to wear a mask, if vaccinated or not, based on the new CDC masking update.
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🚀 Share on social media, text, or e-mail
7.15.21
🎯 Testing Shareables
Testing content includes multiple shareables per topic, promoting COVID-19 testing before small or large gatherings to prevent the spread of the virus.
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Concerts | Sports | Faith | Wedding | Graduation | Time with dad | Testing when Symptomatic
🚀 Browse to see what's available. Share items via social, email + newsletters
7.14.21
📺 President's YouTube Townhall
Creators + influencers, Manny Mua, Brave Wilderness + Jackie Aina ask questions about vaccines in an effort to encourage younger people to get their vaccine + debunk myths on vaccination.
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INCLUDES:
- Highlights
- Manny Mua interview
- Brave Wilderness interview
- Jackie Aina interview
🚀 Watch on YouTube + share link via email, text, or directly from the White House's social media account
5.25.21
📺 Virginia Town Hall
Short Q+A clips (under 2 minutes) in English + Spanish from VDH May Town Hall. Expert answers questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Safe without "herd immunity"? Eng | Span
J&J vaccine hesitancy? Eng | Span
Don't have an appointment? Eng | Span
Race of vaccine + variants? Eng | Span
Need annual or booster shots? Eng | Span
Post COVID-19 effects? Eng | Span
🚀 See how local experts answer Virginia's common questions. Share items relevant to your communities
5.25.21
📺 La Conversación/ The Conversation
Latinx doctors, nurses + promotoras of the Conversation/La Conversación share why they are speaking out about the COVID-19 vaccines + what it means for the Latino community.
Promo
Website
The Conversation (50+ videos)
Videos En Español
Webinar Recording
🚀 Share promo video or website. Use suggested copy + details from YouTube video description
5.21.21
🎯 Adolescent Vaccine Approval Shareables
The CDC has authorized the Pfizer vaccine for adolescents aged 12 -15 years. These shareables explain eligibility + benefits. Three different social media shareables are available along with suggested captions.
🚀 Share via social, emails + newsletters
5.18.21
🧰 We Can Do This - National HHS Campaign
A public education campaign to increase confidence in vaccine + reinforce basic prevention measures. Content available for a general audience, Black communities, Native/Tribal leaders, faith-based, essential workers, rural, nurses, + many more. Includes social media shareables, infographics, flyers, audio/podcasts, + more.
🚀 Review resources + share related content with community
5.14.21
🧰 Vaccination Mythbusters Toolkit
Dispel myths while encouraging confidence in the COVID-19 vaccinations.
INCLUDES:
Myths poster
Truths poster / stickers
Scams poster
🚀 Share via social, emails + newsletters
4.14.21
📺 The Conversation, Between Us, About Us with Kamau Bell
An open + honest conversation between Kamau Bell + Black doctors, nurses + researchers that gets to the heart of Black people’s questions.
Promo
Website
The Conversation (50+ videos)
🚀 Watch promo video + help share content relevant to your communities
3.10.21
🎯 Easy-to-read Fact Sheets
These 3 pages cover common concerns like vaccine safety, availability, + what happens after vaccination -- written in everyday language.
1. Safety fact sheet
2. How to get the vaccine
3. After you get the vaccine
🚀 Read + share if helpful to your communities. Or use insight in everyday conversation
3.10.21
🏥 Visit the VDH.gov education page for more, including additional language support + answers to many of the most common questions.
VACCINE SAFETY 101
🚀Review "Overviews" to help answer your questions or share items with your communities.
You may decide to share via text, email, print or social.
🏥 Visit the VDH.gov education page for more, including additional language support + answers to many of the most common questions.