2025 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner Washington: The HPV @ 9 Quality Improvement Project
The WA DOH contracted with the WCAAP to conduct a QI program aimed at increasing HPV vaccination rates among pre-teens by initiating at age nine.
2025 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner Minnesota: Becoming a Vaccine Advocate Training
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) created and piloted a vaccine advocate training, modeled on Voices for Vaccines’ Trusted Messenger training.
New Jersey: College & University Flu Challenge
The program aims to increase flu vaccination, empower youth to take charge of their health, and strengthen public health partnerships across campuses.
Washington: Co-Brandable Respiratory Illness Prevention Toolkit for Local Health Jurisdictions/Tribes
The Washington State Department of Health created a customizable educational materials toolkit to support and encourage flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccination.
Massachusetts: Birth Hospital Visit Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program to Prevent Perinatal Hepatitis B Virus
Massachusetts created a CME program to incentivize hospital acceptance of and participation in the Massachusetts PHBPP birth hospital visits program.
Massachusetts: Providing Vaccination Support to Families in the Emergency Assistance (EA) Shelter System
The primary goals and objectives are to assess and translate immunization records and enter them into the MIIS and offer routine pediatric catch-up vaccination.
Kentucky: Vaccine Extravaganza
Kentucky worked to decrease barriers to COVID-19 vaccination access, improve COVID-19 uptake, and reduce vaccine hesitancy.
Colorado: Public Health Detailing – An Innovative Approach to Improving Vaccination Coverage
Colorado developed and implemented a public health detailing program to share practice-level IIS coverage data.
North Dakota: Pharmacy Collaboration to Improve Vaccine Administration
NDIIS began working with one local pharmacy chain to establish a process for the pharmacy to bulk query the IIS for their patient’s immunization histories.
Washington: Department of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Access in Long-Term Care Facilities
The Washington Department of Health utilizes partnerships and coordination to ensure long-term care residents and staff have access to COVID-19 vaccines.