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This study aims to determine whether there is a statistically significant difference in Childhood Vaccination Advocacy Scale scores before and after vaccine advocacy awareness training.Materials and methods. Data were collected using a questionnaire on demographic characteristics and knowledge regarding vaccine administration, developed by the researcher in accordance with the literature, as well as the Vaccine Advocacy Scale for Childhood Vaccines. This research was designed as a single-group, pre-test and post-test quasi-experimental study. Pre-test and post-test scores were compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. A significance level of p &lt; 0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results. The study was conducted with 249 midwives and\/or nurses. The mean age of the participants was 39.40 \u00b1 7.43 years, with an average of 18.01 \u00b1 7.99 years of profesional experience. The mean total score on the Vaccine Advocacy Scale for Childhood Vaccines was 45.19 \u00b1 2.85 before the training and 46.95 \u00b1 1.99 after the training. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed that the increase in post-training scores was statistically significant (p = 0.000).Conclusion. The findings indicate that participants had relatively high levels of vaccine advocacy even prior to the training. 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