MMR Vaccine Hesitancy Among Somali Minnesotans

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…

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Data driven Immunization Program outreach: Using IIS and Vital Records data for innovative vaccine coverage analyses to better target immunization outreach activities in Minnesota

The Minnesota Immunization Program implemented an innovative data analysis method to examine coverage rates across social determinants of health to better target outreach activities.  By linking race, ethnicity and parental birth country data from birth certificates with immunization data from…

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