Preparing for the future of Monkeypox: Stigma, Vaccine Hesitancy, and Misconceptions
What’s going on with mpox in the world? How prepared are communities for another outbreak of mpox here in the US?
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Course Information
- Audience: Audience nurses, community health workers, educators, public health professionals, and others
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: Monday, March 18, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST - Price: Free
- Length: 1 hour
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_03182024.If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Policy Development and Program Planning Skills
- Learning Level: Awareness
- Companion Trainings: Monkeypox Lessons Learned and Strategies Moving Forward
- Supplemental materials:None
- Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
This webinar will explore key factors for the preparedness of future mpox outbreaks: common misconceptions, vaccination gaps, and community stigma. Through exploring and discussing current research and limitations, individuals and organizations can improve their capacity to abate future transmission of mpox.
What you'll learn
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the current state of mpox pandemic globally.
- Evaluate gaps in mpox and vaccination knowledge and common misconceptions.
- Critically interpret novel cases of mpox and potential impacts of community stigma.
- Build capacity for future outbreaks of mpox.
This webinar will be recorded and made available within 2 business days of the webinar close. Please log in to view the recording in the section "View a Recording of the Webinar.
Subject Matter Expert
Tom Carpino
Tom Carpino, MPH, is a professor and doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University, studying infectious disease epidemiology. His research explores sexual health and stigma among sexual and gender diverse communities. Since the inception of the global 2022 mpox pandemic, Tom shifted his focus as a health advocate to prioritizing his doctoral studies on understanding and abating mpox, working alongside the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Emory University to launch an mpox survey for American MSM.
Registration
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Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.