Community Conversation
Measles 2025: Lessons About Vaccine Advocacy
When:
Oct 13, 2025 | 11am-12pm (PT)
Where:
Online via Zoom - Registration Link COMING SOON
Cost:
$10 for HealthAdvocateX Members; $30 for Non-Members earning credit. Free for the general public.
The measles outbreak of 2025 in the US and Canada was the natural result of decades of shifts in views about the value and safety of vaccines. What were some of those factors? When faced with vaccine information/misinformation/skeptism, how health advocates respond matters. Learn the best techniques for building collaboration rather than sowing division when vaccination is the topic (these techniques apply to any vaccine discussion).
Learning Objectives:
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Identify the five main reasons behind vaccine skepticism.
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Differentiate when motivational interviewing techniques are helpful in vaccine discussions and when simple answers are enough
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Determine the best alternative to explaining why the misinformation is wrong, since this technique doesn’t work
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About The Speaker –
Molly O’Shea graduated from undergrad and medical school education at the University of Michigan and went on to complete her residency in pediatrics at The Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit. Since then, she has been a practicing pediatrician and independent practice owner in southeast Michigan. She teaches residents and medical students in the office regularly as an adjunct faculty.