Louisiana’s Teen Vax Campaign is looking for volunteers to become vaccine youth ambassadors. The group’s Ritney Castine says you can be 12 to 17 to help lead the state’s effort to improve the Bayou State’s vaccination rates.
“This project will give them several opportunities to gain information as well as mobilizing their peers on what they need to know and what they need to do to get a vaccination,” said Castine.
Those interested, regardless of their vaccination status, can take part in the campaign as an ambassador by applying as an individual or taking part in a team or club looking to inform other youths about the advantages of the vaccine.
Castine says the ambassadors, who will meet monthly with public health professionals, will be a plus for the Teen Vax Campaign. “It answers any questions that they may have by being armed with a set of facts from the Louisiana Department of Health,” Castine told LRN.com
Castine says the youth ambassadors of the Louisiana Teen Vax Campaign will help students to distinguish the truth about being vaccinated from the misconceptions. He says, “it helps to dispel some of the crazy myths that we’ve sort of read about and heard about that may be bubbling up in our conversations or even popping up on social media.”
For more information visit www.layouthambassadors.org.
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