The New York City Bureau of Immunization at the New York City Health an Mental Hygiene has experienced a number of outbreaks within the Orthodox Jewish community. This presentation focuses primarily on the response to a measles outbreak. The Bureau…
The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Bureau ofImmunization developed text message recall functionality in its IIS.
The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Bureau of Immunization (BOI) conducted a multi-faceted project to support hepatitis B vaccination of high-risk adults.
Reminder / recall systems are an evidence-based strategy to increase immunization coverage among children and adolescents. To expand and enhance the recall function in New York City’s IIS, provider-based text message recall functionality was added to the IIS to alert…
A mumps outbreak centered around a popular neighborhood lead the NYC immunization program to pursue a social media campaign after traditional outreach activities were not reaching the target population. Ad space was purchased on Facebook during the outbreak to increase…