1. Collaborative Projects of Immunization Partnership of Alameda County

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Membership: Childcare, schools, Managed care, community service groups and public health (Berkeley and Alameda County), vaccine reps, FQHC’s, Immunization Branch
Organization: Steering Committee and general membership
Meetings: Quarterly

3. Less Than a Shoestring$$!
How IPAC Conquered the World

4. Map of Alameda County Cities, Places, and Regions

5. Profile of Alameda County
Population Alameda County, 2009: 1,556,657 (CA: 38,292,687)
Land area, 2009 (square miles): (CA: 155,959)
Persons per square mile, 2009: 2,110 (CA: 246)
College Graduates, persons 25 and over, 2007: % (CA: 36.7%)
Housing units, 2009: 573,111 (CA: 13,530,719)
Homeownership rate, 2007: % (CA: 58.4%)
Median household income, 2007 (Adjusted 2007 dollars): $66,430 (CA: $58,361)

6. Two Projects Series of M.A. Skills Institute Trainings
Reminder post card mailing for month old cohort

7. Skills Institute Timing Was Great:
Skills institute update was available and the State wanted to train local teams
CHDP Coalition member. asked IPAC for assistance to assure that CHDP provider staff were well trained and comfortable with vaccine administration; handling and storage

8. Train the Trainers
July, Immunization Branch team trained 21 people to be trainers.
Trainers drawn from the greater Bay Area CARE counties:
Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, San Francisco, San Mateo
Including FQHC members: Asian Health, Tiburcio Vasquez, Silva and West Berkeley Family Practice

9. 2009- Three workshops 2010- Four workshops
Trained 140 Medical Assistants and LVN’s
Workshops held in South, North and Tri-Valley areas in Alameda
Held in July and August to help MAs be ready for Back to School rush

10. MA Skills Institute Committee
Alameda Alliance, Washington Hospital, City of Berkeley IZ and Alameda IZ, Vaccine reps
~4 face to face or conference calls were needed
Wanted geographic access: Trainings held in North, South and Central county locations

11. Scheduling Summer time, slower for practices
Complete trainings before back to school rush
Late afternoon to increase willingness of providers to give staff time off Light meal provided by different vaccine manufacturers

12. The Trainees Workshops limited to 22 persons
Every workshop had a waiting list
People on waiting list were given priority to register 2nd year

13. Skills Institute Training
Focus was on vaccine administration, handling and storage, and use of immunization registry
Trainees with a wide range of skills and experience
Provided combination of interactive lecture, video and hands on skills building via skills stations

14. Trainees were a Delight!
Participants loved it.
Bonus: there are few opportunities for MAs to update and renew their skills
We built relationships with the trainees and distributed our educational materials.

15. Mail Reminder post cards for 19-35 month old cohort
PROJECT #2
Mail Reminder post cards for month old cohort

16. Pre paid postcards Pfizer offered us postage paid reminder cards
Targeted children 19 to 35 months in high Medi-Cal practices
Alameda Alliance printed mailing labels
Used Alameda Alliance return address

17. Pre Paid Reminder Card

18. Generic Reminder

19. Getting it Done! We had no $$ for postage
Teamed with Alameda Alliance to query for month old cohort for several high volume Medi-Cal providers
Alliance provided 4000 mailing labels in response to query!

20. Getting it Done! Mailing was in November 2010
Reminder about missing vaccines
Seasonal flu alert
“Many Hands Make Light Work” IPAC “volunteers” stayed after regular meeting (and offered food provided by Vaccine Reps)
After a high energy, fast paced 1.5 hours mission accomplished!

21. Concluding Thoughts
IPAC has completed many worthwhile projects, must structure project to fit
varying capacity
Very Important to Thank all who have contributed to these projects.

22. Insight into our needs Paid coordinator
Write grants, raise funds
Provide strategic planning and continuity/coordination
Pump up the current membership:
Its time to call for ALL members to participate for us to be a more effective and efficient coalition. What can we do to participate?
Increase membership
Team build and expand membership

23. That’s all folks!