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| NACCHO Invites Eligible LHDs to Apply for Funding to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates in Their Communities |
NACCHO has received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support LHDs as they engage and collaborate with healthcare providers and other key stakeholders to increase HPV vaccination rates in their communities.
As a result, NACCHO invites eligible LHDs to submit applications to participate in a NACCHO-led strategic planning process to identify action steps for and develop a strategic/action plan to increase HPV vaccination rates in their communities.
CLICK HERE to review the RFA.
Applications are due THIS FRIDAY, December 19, 2014 at 5:00 PM EST.
Please send any questions to [email protected].
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| Upcoming A-Z Immunization Training |
There is an A-Z Immunization Training this Friday in
Central Indiana.
Friday, December 19, 2014 in Indianapolis, IN
from 12:00pm - 4:30pm.
Hosted by Kiwanis International
3636 Woodview Trace
Indianapolis, IN 46268
This training is for anyone who provides immunizations,or is interested in learning more about vaccine preventable diseases. Past participants include NPs, RNs,LPNs, CNAs, MDs, MAs, PAs, as well as faculty and students in the medical field.
Topics Include:
Principles of Vaccination Vaccine Preventable Diseases Adult Immunizations Child & Adolescent Immunizations General Recommendations Vaccine Storage & Handling Vaccine Misconceptions Reliable Resources
CLICK HERE to register.
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| IIC to Host National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions in 2016! |
We are very excited to announce that the Indiana Immunization Coalition will be hosting the National Conference on Immunization and Health Coalitions in 2016! IIC was selected by the conference steering committee through a competitive application process.
You will be hearing more from IIC as we move forward to start planning for 2016, but in the meantime, if you have questions, or would like to volunteer to help with conference planning, please contact Lisa Robertson at [email protected] or 317-628-7116.
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Volume: 3 Issue: 25
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December 15, 2014
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Thank you for being a Member of the Indiana Immunization Coalition! We appreciate your involvement in helping reduce the spread of vaccine preventable diseases across the state.
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National Influenza Immunization Week:
Dec. 7th-13th
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| Recent Periodicals from IAC |
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has recently released its October 2014 issue of Needle Tips, a publication for healthcare professionals who administer vaccines. Also available is Vaccinate Adults, a shortened version of Needle Tips that has been modified for those who work only with adult patients. Both are now available for downloading, printing, and reading.
Here are the links directly to the PDFs of the publications: Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults.
These publications contain ready-to-print educational materials for healthcare professionals and their patients, vaccine news highlights, and IAC's popular "Ask the Experts" Q&A column with answers by CDC experts Andrew Kroger, MD, MPH, and Donna Weaver, RN, MN.
Needle Tips and Vaccinate Adults are available exclusively online. Current and past issues of Needle Tips are available at www.immunize.org/nt/ and Vaccinate Adults at www.immunize.org/va/.
To receive direct notification when new issues are published, subscribe at www.immunize.org/subscribe. On this page, you can also subscribe to IAC's free weekly email news service, IAC Express, which keeps you up to date on immunization news between issues of IAC's periodicals.
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HPV: Don't Wait. Vaccinate! Project
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The Indiana Immunization Coalition is sponsoring a new Part 4 Quality Improvement MOC Project for Indiana pediatricians entitled HPV: Don't Wait. Vaccinate!
An MOC is Maintenance of Certification designed by the American Board of Medical Specialities as a way to ensure a continuous cycle of lifelong learning for a physician's professional development.
A Part 4 Quality Improvement project is a diverse requirement which recognizes the efforts of pediatricians who imbed quality improvement into their day-to day practice of medicine.
Pediatricians who complete this project will be awarded 25 Part 4
points toward their MOC.
Program Coordinator, Lori Lovett, for more information or to participate in the project
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The Indiana Immunization Coalition exists to reduce the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization education, advocacy, promotion, and statewide collaborative partnerships.
Sincerely,
Lisa Robertson, Executive Director
Indiana Immunization Coalition
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These materials were created by the Indiana Immunization Coalition, Inc. and were funded by the Indiana State Department of Health through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Award No: 5H23IP522522-11).
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