Invest in Trust: A Guide for Building COVID-19 Vaccine Trust Among Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) is designed to help nursing home leaders build COVID-19 vaccine confidence among certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and overcome barriers to vaccination by applying insights from social, behavioral and cognitive science.
The guide sheds light on CNAs’ reasons for not getting vaccinated and the challenges they face to getting a vaccine. It also offers practical advice on how to have conversations with CNAs about the vaccine, what kinds of messages to use, and how to support CNAs in making their decisions. Use it to help improve staff vaccination rates in your nursing home.
The Center for Public Interest Communications at the University of Florida developed this guide in collaboration with Project ECHO at the University of New Mexico Health Science Center, in support of the AHRQ ECHO National Nursing Home COVID-19 Action Network.
Tips on Using this Guide
Invest in Trust is a comprehensive guide to building COVID-19 vaccine confidence among CNAs, and we encourage you to download and read it in its entirety. But you may want to jump quickly to key sections, depending on your needs and interests:
Download Practical Tools and Resources from the Guide
Conversation Guides
A set of specific recommendations for your one-on-one conversations.
Posters
Use these posters to promote helping people find vaccines, office hours and other vaccine-related messages.
Information Cards: Scheduling Your Vaccination
Print these cards with information about how to schedule or find vaccines locally.
Enamel Pins
Use these pins to present to staff who have been vaccinated with a handwritten thank you note from a supervisor.
