Alaska Department of Health partnered with the Alaska Public Interest Research Group and Native Peoples Action Community Fund to translate COVID-19 messaging into 7 Alaska Native languages. Various indigenous community members met with medical professionals who answered common questions about…
New Mexico Department of Health developed a campaign and solicited testimonials from trusted leaders in the community, healthcare settings, clergy, business and other influencers. The testimonials range in age, race, ethnicity, and language. See the videos here.
While the Washington state immunization program had not specifically targeted the Muslim population with immunization education efforts tailored to them before, but the presence of a vaccine requirement for those traveling to Mecca made it important for tailored and culturally…
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…
The Pennsylvania Department of Health Division of Immunizations supported a coalition based immunization education campaign directed at adolescents.
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
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services Vaccine Preventable Disease Program, together with the Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey (PMCHNNJ), developed and implemented a multi-pronged adolescent immunization awareness initiative that includes an annual…