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Vaccine Champions Sought By Health Departments, United Way
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July 27, 2021
The health departments in Berrien, Cass, and Van Buren counties are teaming up with the United Way of Southwest Michigan to increase the COVID-19 vaccination rate and fight misinformation. Berrien County Health Department spokesperson Gillian Conrad tells WSJM News they’re looking to sign up Vaccine Champions.
“Vaccine champions can be individuals or non-profit organizations who will educate communities whether it’s their neighbors, their friends, their family members on the importance of the COVID-19 vaccine,” Conrad said.
Conrad says those Vaccine Champions will be trained by the health department on how to talk to people within their spheres of influence and the community on the importance of doing their part to fight COVID.
Melanie Brim is the president and CEO of the Michigan Health Council. She was previously the senior deputy director of the Public Health Administration and the state health officer at the Michigan Department of Community Health.
In this Q&A, Brim discusses building up the health care workforce, instilling interest in health care professions in children, and working to create more diversity in Michigan’s health care workforce.
Patrick Jones: What have you been focusing your mental energy on these last few months?
Melanie Brim: “They have been good. Obviously everybody is struggling with the impact of COVID. For us as an organization, we were not terribly impacted and so it’s actually been work as usual for us. Our organization focuses primarily on building, strengthening and enhancing the health care workforce. So as you can imagine all of our key stakeholders, which are typically health systems and other kinds of health organizations, are really struggling with what