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Vaccine Uptake


Rapid Review Update 1: What is known about reasons for vaccine confidence and uptake in populations experiencing inequities?
Across all three equity-deserving populations in this review, a desire to prevent infection and transmission to others, trust in the efficacy and safety of the vaccine, communication of accurate and comprehensive vaccine information through trusted community sources and providing easy and affordable access to the vaccine were all factors supporting the uptake of all vaccines.

Parental Considerations for Vaccination


Rapid Review Update 1: What is known about parents’ considerations for vaccine uptake for children and adolescents?
Parents consider their trust in health care providers and the government, the perceived safety of vaccines, an assessment of the risks of diseases and vaccines, and any barriers to accessing vaccines when deciding to vaccinate their children. Parents want trustworthy information about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases to help them make decisions.

Wildfires


Rapid Review: What is the evidence for the effectiveness of public health interventions, and their potential unintended consequences, to reduce the direct and indirect health impacts of exposure to wildfires, including wildfire smoke and combined heat-wildfire smoke events?
There is limited evidence evaluating the effectiveness of public health interventions on reducing impacts of exposure to wildfires and their smoke: air cleaning systems likely improve indoor air quality during wildfire events, but there is some evidence of harmful impacts of executing evacuation orders and staying indoors.

Core Competencies


Rapid Review: What is known about the implementation and evaluation of core competencies for public health, and what are barriers or facilitators for implementation?
Core competencies in public health have been implemented in various educational and workforce contexts, with supporting strategies and examples available. Little is known about the impact of core competencies on the public health workforce, although a small number of low-to-moderate quality studies show that educational and workplace interventions based on core competency frameworks can improve the competencies of students and public health professionals.

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