Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases through Information and Education at the California Department of Public Health Vaisali Patel, MPH Candidate VIP/Information and Education Intern Immunization Branch, CDPH December 2014

Learning Objectives  History and Overview of Vaccinations  Goals of the Information and Education Section  Strategies to Improve Vaccination Rates

History and Overview “Next to clean water, no single intervention has had so profound an effect on reducing mortality from childhood diseases as has the widespread introduction of vaccines” (Institute of Medicine, 1991). Source: Howson, C. P., Howe, C. J., & Fineberg, H. V. (Eds.). (1991). Adverse effects of pertussis and rubella vaccines. National Academies Press.

History and Overview Many infectious diseases are only a plane ride away.

Herd Immunity When a great proportion of the community is immunized against a contagious disease, most members of the community are protected against the disease because the opportunity for an outbreak is small.

Immunizations and Infectious Diseases Each birth cohort vaccinated:  Saves 33,000 lives.  Prevents 14 million cases of disease.  Reduces direct health care costs by $9.9 billion.  Saves $33.4 billion in indirect costs. Despite Progress:  42,000 adults  300 children Source: United States Department of Health and Human Services, Healthy People (2014, Nov. 25). Immunization and infectious diseases. Retrieved from

Recent Epidemics Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Measles. Retrieved from

Recent Epidemics Source: California Department of Public Health. (2014). Vaccine-preventable disease surveillance. Retrieved from ges/VaccinePreventableDiseaseSurveillance.aspx

Information and Education Section Dedicated to develop materials to help increase immunization rates in the state of California.

Preteen Vaccine Week 2015 The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends the following vaccines for preteens:  Human Papillomavirus (HPV)  Pertussis (Whooping Cough)  Meningococcal  Influenza (Flu)  Chickenpox

Preteen Vaccine Week 2015 Campaign focus: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Preteen and teen vaccines. Retrieved from

Preteen Vaccine Week 2015 Campaign focus: HPV Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014). Preteen and teen vaccines. Retrieved from

Preteen Vaccine Week 2015 Preteen Vaccine Week 2015 Campaign Toolkit 27,000 U.S. women and men get cancer from HPV each year. HPV vaccine is cancer prevention. #PreteenVax

Addressing the Pertussis Epidemic Tdap Prescription Pad Evaluation

Logic Model

Additional Campaigns Vaccinate Before You Graduate Campaign

Additional Campaigns Vaccinate Before You Graduate Campaign

Takeaway It takes a team!

Acknowledgements  California Department of Public Health  Jane Pezua, MPH  University of San Francisco  Faculty and Staff  Classmates and Colleagues  Friends and Family

Questions?

Thank you! P.S. Please stay current on all recommended vaccines!