Minnesota: Non-Traditional Minnesota Vaccination Locations
The Minnesota Department of Health utilized child-centric locations to host COVID-19 vaccination clinics.
Minnesota: Gift Cards and College Scholarships for Child Vaccination
The Kids Deserve a Shot program was expanded to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates in children ages 5 to 11.
Minnesota: Using a Novel Partnership to Measure Vaccine Uptake in Populations of Interest
This 2022 Bull's-Eye award winner aimed to develop partnerships between databases to measure vaccine uptake in populations of interest.
Minnesota: Using a Novel Partnership to Measure Vaccine Uptake in Populations of Interest
MDH partnered with the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium (EHRC) to obtain more complete understanding of the need for COVID-19 vaccine availability.
Minnesota: Update on Outreach to the Somali Community
This presentation was presented at the 2019 Great Lakes regional meeting and provides an overview of outreach efforts with the Somali community since 2017. Four survey methods are described, and a list of questions parents can ask providers is included.…
Minnesota: Updating Vaccine Language on High School Sports Physical Form
The Minnesota Immunization Program worked with the Minnesota State High School League to update language related to vaccines on their standard pre-participation sports physical examination form.
Minnesota: Immunization-related Education and Outreach for Pharmacies
The Minnesota Immunization Program in the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) created pharmacy-specific educational resources to promote immunization best practices.
Minnesota: MMR Vaccine Hesitancy Among Somali Minnesotans
The Minnesota Department of Health conducted outbreak activities and extended community interventions during their measles outbreak that began in April of 2017. Most of the cases were within the Somali-Minnesotan community and could have been attributed to declines in MMR…
Minnesota: Data Driven Immunization Program outreach – Using IIS and Vital Records Data for Innovative Vaccine Coverage Analyses to Better Target Immunization Outreach Activities
The Minnesota Immunization Program implemented an innovative data analysis method to examine coverage rates across social determinants of health to better target outreach activities. By linking race, ethnicity and parental birth country data from birth certificates with immunization data from…
Minnesota: Diverse Media Project
Minnesota is reaching out to diverse communities through targeted media outlets using print and online publications, and local radio stations. They are using outlets that are trusted by the diverse communities to provide accurate and reliable immunization information using messages…