The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Immunization Program piloted expansion of VFC enrollment in pharmacies in areas where access for adolescent vaccination was limited.
The California Department of Public Health rebranded an existing e-notivation tool to create “Stay Teen,” an HPV e-reminder pilot project. The goals of the project were to test the ease of using the tool in a clinic setting and evaluate…
This presentation was presented at the 2019 Great Lakes regional meeting and provides an update on the state’s hepatitis A outbreak and make-up of a strike team to help control the outbreak. An HPV Maintenance of Certification Project is described,…
The North Dakota Department of Health Immunization program manager listens to ACIP meetings via the CDC webcast link (www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/webcast-instructions.html) to quickly disseminate to providers information related to new or revised immunization recommendations and begin planning programmatic adjustments.
Local public health units in North Dakota implemented school-based HPV vaccination clinics to increase HPV vaccination rates. The North Dakota Immunization and Cancer Coalition funded mini-grants to local public health units to conduct school-based HPV vaccination clinics for age eligible…
The Alaska Immunization Program formed a new HPV joint initiative workgroup to provide input on HPV PPHF grant activities and increase collaboration across partners related to increasing HPV immunization rates.
The Michigan Immunization Program is currently planning strategies for sustaining its HPV stakeholder group now that the HPV-specifc Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) funding period is over.
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.
[2018 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner!] After identifying a gap of HPV first dose coverage among 11-12-year-olds, The New Jersey Immunization Program developed an approach to assist healthcare providers to quickly and easily assess how well they are administering HPV first dose…
The Washington State Department of Health Office of Immunization and Child Profile provided funding to external partners to support development of HPV immunization campaign messages targeting two at-risk subpopulations of adolescents and young adults