VACCINATION

COVID-19 Vaccine

• Consider partnering with local chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians, and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to promote COVID-19 and routine immunizations for MCH populations.
• Facilitate innovative partnerships with pediatric providers to provide timely access to COVID-19 vaccinations for children and adolescents. 
• Team up with community partners to increase demand for vaccination.

Routine Pediatric Immunization

• Educate and train professionals and providers on Bright Futures content, including developmental surveillance and immunizations.
• Work together to promote the Vaccines for Children program.

COVID-19 Vaccine

• Share and promote similar communication campaign materials to ensure consistent messages from the public health, obstetric, and pediatric providers.
  • Consider using this Community-Based Organizations COVID-19 Vaccine Toolkit from the CDC.
• Share available and emerging information about the COVID-19 vaccine with parents, caregivers, families, pregnant and lactating individuals, and constituents to facilitate their access to the vaccine.
• Share the Vaccines.gov or texting service information to assist families with finding a vaccine site near them: 
  • Text a zip code to 4-3-8-8-2-9 to get three locations with vaccines in stock. 
  • If information in Spanish is preferred, text a zip code to 8-2-2-8-6-2.

Routine Pediatric Immunization

• Text and/or send reminders to families about school immunization requirements.
• Follow up with families of underimmunized children using the state’s immunization information system’s recall-reminder capacity to notify families and adolescents to encourage vaccination.
• Promote the importance of well-visits including developmental surveillance and screening.   

Routine Pediatric Immunization

• Consider collaborating with key partners to support outreach to adolescents, women, families, and providers including: 
  • State Medicaid agencies and managed care organizations to help identify children and adolescents who are behind on routine immunizations and support providers in outreach and catch-up activities.
  • State and local education agencies to promote safe return to school and compliance with state and local immunization requirements. 
  • State and local early care and education providers to help encourage catch-up of routine immunizations and compliance with state and local immunization requirements.

Arizona

• Monitoring: The Arizona Partnership for Immunization monitors monthly well-visits and childhood immunization coverage data to identify issues that need attention. 
• Clinics: Schools, health plans, and state and local agencies host clinics in communities focused on COVID-19 vaccination to also catch kids up on critical routine immunizations. 
• Arizona Speakers Bureau:
  Addresses both COVID-19 and routine immunizations through formal and informal discussions with parent groups. 
• Trainings: Quarterly trainings for social workers, home visitors and child care providers on talking to parents about the importance of on-time childhood immunizations.

Michigan

• Medical Home: Creating a culture of immunizations within the medical home by including everyone in the practice, from the front desk to the exam room.
• Immunization Resources: Making immunizations resources easy for parents/caregivers to find.
• Positive Vaccine Messaging: Providing positive and effective recommendations, and consistent messaging, from trusted healthcare professionals in the medical home.

Tennessee

• Drive-Thru: Tennessee Department of Health partnership with Nashville Diaper Connection provides free diapers, food boxes and TN Medicaid registration when families attend drive-thru school, COVID-19 or flu vaccination events.

Wisconsin

• Partnership: Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality switched to the impact of COVID-19 on preventive care for pediatric patients including immunizations.
• Information Sharing: Shared resources during National Immunization Month.
• Webinar: Staff hosted a webinar on Managing Child and Adolescent Health During the Pandemic
• Monitoring: Measuring adolescent well-visits and adding HPV, immunizations, and behavioral health. 
• Local Response: Maintaining well-child visits using a combination of vaccination clinics and telehealth appointments, drive-thru vaccination clinics; clinic staff calling families to catch up on vaccinations.