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Promoting Seasonal Influenza Vaccination for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Rebecca Gehring, MPH
,
Immunization, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Washington, DC
Paul Etkind, DrPH, MPH
,
Infectious Diseases, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Washington, DC
Sarah Yates, JD
,
Health and Disability Project, NACCHO, Washington, DC
Charlene Kemmerer, BA
,
Infectious Disease Prevention and Control; Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Washington, DC
The National Association of County and City Health Officials, supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, conducted an environmental scan of public and private sector efforts to promote and track influenza vaccination for children with special healthcare needs (CSHCN). Such children have been shown to be at significantly greater risk of severe outcomes of influenza illness. Information will be presented based on this scan and local health department (LHD) key informant interviews to determine current strategies, gaps, and challenges to promoting and collecting vaccination information for CSHCN. Based on the research, NACCHO will present the recommendations on how to promote influenza vaccinations for CSHCN and how to establish a mechanism to track the influenza vaccination rates for this population. The ultimate goal of this research is to improve the health protection of CSHCNs by increasing and improving LHD access to and use of resources that promote, facilitate, and measure seasonal influenza vaccinations for these populations.
Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Epidemiology
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Public health or related education
Learning Objectives:
Explain what is currently being done to protect CSHCNs from seasonal influenza and how to improve public and private sector access to and use of resources that promote, facilitate, and measure seasonal influenza vaccinations for these populations.
Keyword(s): Children With Special Needs, Immunizations
Presenting author's disclosure statement:Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None.
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Rebecca is Program Analyst for the Immunization and Billables Projects. She has developed and analyzed multiple immunization related surveys, redesigned the Adult Hepatitis B Vaccination: An Implementation Guide for Local Public Health, and presented at the 2012 and 2013 NACCHO Annual.She is a member of the National Adult Immunization Summit’s Access and Collaboration Workgroup and co-chair of the Policy and Decision Makers Workgroup.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines,
and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed
in my presentation.
