Working With Health Care Providers in Nigeria

Health care workers are both an audience and communication channel for interventions due to their own risk for infection, trusted status, direct access to communities, and their potential influence on behavior change. Leveraging health care workers enhances the credibility and effectiveness of risk communication and community engagement interventions in promoting health behaviors and facilitating behavior change within communities.

Breakthrough ACTION developed a package of resources in Nigeria to leverage peer-to-peer influence among health care workers and strengthen their interpersonal communication with clients to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake across both groups.

Leveraging Peer Influence to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Providers

• COVID-19 Vaccination Card Game
• COVID-19 Peer Referral Card
• COVID-19 Lapel Pins

Strengthening Providers’ Interpersonal Communication Skills

• Building Trust and Empathy Around COVID-19
  • Facilitator’s Manual
  • Participant’s Handout
  • Learning Videos
  • Online Course
• Building Trust and Empathy: Enabling Healthcare Workers to Prepare, Respond, and Recover from Emerging Pandemic Threats and Infectious Diseases Outbreaks