Utah: Employer Vaccination Outreach and Immunization Policies
The Utah Immunization Program supported local health district (LHD) efforts to increase adult immunization activities through outreach to employers.
West Virginia: HPV Vaccination Outreach Activities – Collaboration of the Immunization Program and Partners
West Virginia has a number of ongoing HPV vaccination outreach activities that involve collaboration of the Immunization Program with partners. The purpose of these activities is to increase the use of evidence-based strategies from health care providers, especially an effective…
Washington: Immunization Practices and Policies at Four-year Colleges and Universities [2018 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner!]
[2018 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner!] While many states have state laws or regents’ policies requiring prematriculation immunization requirements, Washington state has no such policy in place. Despite the 2004 Washington law requiring dissemination of information about meningococcal disease and vaccination, only…
Idaho: Moving Toward an HPV Free Idaho Through a Statewide Vaccination Day
To engage community and healthcare partners in an Idaho Statewide Cancer Prevention activity, an HPV Vaccination Day was held in February 2017. The purpose of the statewide HPV Vaccination Day was to raise awareness among parents of adolescents and create…
Minnesota: 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…
Michigan: Implementation of Michigan’s College and University Flu Vaccination Challenge to Raise Young Adult Flu Immunization Rates [2016 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner]
[2016 Bull’s-Eye Award Winner] To increase flu immunization rates among college-aged young adults, Michigan created a competitive atmosphere between colleges and universities to see which school could achieve the highest rates. The “College Flu Challenge” received funding from partners to…
Colorado: Exploring Strategies to Improve Immunization Rates – A Convening of Immunization Policy Experts with the National Governor’s Association
Colorado’s governor requested technical assistance from the National Governors Association (NGA) in immunization policy. Colorado held a two-day meeting with national experts and local stakeholders to think through promising policies and practices to increase immunization rates in Colorado and identify…