Network News — June 15, 2023

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Coming soon! The National Network of Immunization Coalitions website is getting a makeover.

The National Network of Immunization Coalitions website, www.immunizationcoalitions.org, will have a new look, simplified usability, and a password-protected portal for coalition members to upload and share documents. Look for an announcement of the website makeover in Network News soon!

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Immunize Kansas Coalition shares perspectives on reaching university students with their "Vaccinate with Confidence" campaign

The Immunize Kansas Coalition (IKC) with Kansas State Research and Extension (KSRE) and Kansas State University’s Office of Engagement created their “Vaccinate with Confidence” campaign. The campaign was built to reach university students across the Kansas State campus, leading to additional conversations with family and community members about the importance of vaccination.

The efforts involved teaching students about engaging in vaccine conversations with a vaccine education module in select classrooms, fliers at campus resident halls, features on the student radio station, weekly tabling events at popular campus locations, and equipping social media influencers.

To wrap up the campaign and school year, IKC held the final Vaccine Fears Overturned by Facts webinar, University Perspectives with K-State, on April 28. The webinar featured guest speakers from the perspectives of faculty involvement, nonprofit health education, student interns, and the trusted role veterinarians have in sharing about vaccinations.

The “Vaccinate with Confidence” campaign has allowed IKC to build greater partnerships on the university level. These efforts reached over 145 students, faculty, and partners with direct engagement, and 35,212 through social media and online newsletters, sharing how vaccines protect themselves, their loved ones, and their communities.

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Colorado Community Health Alliance and Julissa Soto launch a Telemundo PSA in Spanish on Public Health Emergency Unwind

Colorado Community Health Alliance and Julissa Soto, MPH, launched a Telemundo PSA commercial in Spanish that mentions her upcoming TEDx Mile High event Transcend on June 24 in Denver, Colorado.

Soto also developed two culturally relevant programs, including:

  • One School, One Vaccine at a Time (Una Escuela, Un Vacuna a la Vez) partners with school districts and providers to bring wellness education, community-based resources, and routine childhood immunizations directly to children, students, and their families
  • The Power of Cultural Validation training introduces the importance of utilizing cultural validation in preparation for interacting with vulnerable and marginalized populations and communities, particularly in health and public health settings

For more information, please call (720)-427-5542.

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Virtual: Immunize Nevada hosts webinar “Influenza Vaccination – Evaluating Your Options and Barriers to Access” on June 22, and highlights activities, resources, and events

Immunize Nevada will host a webinar in their Doc Talk series on pediatric vaccines titled Influenza Vaccination – Evaluating Your Options and Barriers to Access, 12:00–1:00 p.m. (PT) on June 22. The presenter will be Jose Cucalon Calderon, FAAP, general pediatrician for Renown Children’s Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics for the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine.

Register for the webinar.

Immunize Nevada also has many activities and events planned for the month of June, including:

  • Honoring LGBTQ+ Pride Month
  • Celebrating Men’s Health Awareness by highlighting the impact of chronic disease on men during its Community Monthly Meeting hosted on June 1
  • Community Health Worker Appreciation Day on June 15, when Immunize Nevada plans to discuss the pivotal role that community health workers play in all aspects of public health
  • Planning Back to School events in all areas of the state
  • Working closely with its Southern Nevada community partners to increase awareness of the mpox vaccine

Visit Immunize Nevada’s Mpox web page.

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Other News, Educational Opportunities, and Events

Kresge Foundation opens application for new public health leadership grant opportunity

The Kresge Foundation has opened applications for a new initiative to bring rising public health leaders together with community leaders to cocreate sustainable collaborative solutions that advance health and well-being for all.

For the 2023–2024 initiative cohort, 15 teams of the Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy (PHEARLESS) leaders will be selected from communities around the country. Each four-person team will include two rising public health leaders and two rising community leaders. Together, the cohort will form a network that will learn from one another and help create new models for community-led efforts to improve equitable health outcomes community-wide.

Participants in the 12-month program will work through four modules and a culminating capstone activity, including both virtual sessions and an in-person component. Each team will receive a grant of $100,000 to support their activities.

Selected Community Collectives will be eligible for:

  • $100,000 to support their culminating community capacity-building activities
  • $9,000 stipends (taxable income) for each of the two community leaders in a Community Collective

Learn more about the criteria and how to apply.

Applications are due July 6, 2023.

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Virtual: World Health Organization offers five-part webinar series, Why Gender Matters for Immunization, in June and July

The World Health Organization is offering a five-part webinar series titled Why Gender Matters for Immunization in June and July. This webinar series aims to explain the need for mainstreaming gender across the core principles and strategic priorities of the Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030).

The purpose of the series is to improve awareness and understanding of how gender-related barriers impact immunization and to showcase examples of gender-responsive programming to improve coverage and equity. Through practical examples and best practices worldwide, the series will provide practical tools and methods to integrate a gender perspective into immunization programs.

The last four remaining webinar dates include:

  • June 22 at 9:00 a.m. (ET)
  • July 6 at 9:00 a.m. (ET)
  • July 13 at 9:00 a.m. (ET)
  • July 20 at 9:00 a.m. (ET)

Register for the webinars.

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Virtual: Moderna offers five-part webinar series High-Risk Populations – Protecting Patients at High Risk of Severe COVID-19 in June

Moderna is offering a free, five-part webinar series titled High-Risk Populations – Protecting Patients at High Risk of Severe COVID-19 in June. This five-part webinar series discusses the continued risks and consequences of COVID-19 infections in high-risk populations. Each event focuses on a different high-risk population.

The three remaining courses in the series include:

  • Today, June 15 at 1:00 p.m. (ET): “Immunocompromised Patients”
  • June 22 at 1:00 p.m. (ET): “Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases”
  • June 28 at 1:30 p.m. (ET): “Patients with Respiratory Diseases”

Registration is required for each event separately.

Register for the free webinars.

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Virtual: Association of Immunization Managers hosts REACHing for Health Equity webinar on "Navigating Pharmacy Deserts and Vaccinations" on June 21

The iREACH team at the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) hosts a one-hour monthly webinar series titled REACHing for Health Equity. This series of informative webinars complement the iREACH 2023 podcast series, REACHing for Vaccine Equity, and discusses the accomplishments and challenges of working in racial and ethnic minority communities to increase flu and COVID-19 vaccination rates and explore how these activities intersect with traditional REACH work on decreasing racial and ethnic disparities in chronic diseases and promoting healthy behaviors.

These webinars take place every fourth Wednesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. (ET) and feature a panel including a REACH recipient, an expert clinician, a patient advocate or a community-based organization/partner, and an iREACH subject matter expert.

iREACH will host its next webinar titled Navigating Pharmacy Deserts and Vaccinations at 2:00 p.m. (ET) on June 21.

Register for the webinar.

View past archived REACHing for Health Equity archived webinars:

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Virtual: Watch June 21–23 ACIP meeting. Topics include RSV, polio, influenza, pneumococcal, dengue, chikungunya, mpox, meningococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines.

CDC will convene an extended, 3-day meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), June 21–23, starting at 8:00 a.m. (ET). ACIP will discuss vaccination recommendations for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), polio, influenza, pneumococcal, dengue, chikungunya, mpox, meningococcal, and COVID-19 vaccines.

No registration is required to watch webcasts of live ACIP meetings or listen via telephone. Opportunities for public comment are described on the website.

View the agenda.

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Virtual: University of Colorado hosts the 2023 Anschutz Alumni Summer Series: Cultural Considerations in Healthcare beginning July 19; CE available

The University of Colorado will host a five-session webinar series 2023 Anschutz Alumni Virtual Summer Series to provide interprofessional education on cultural considerations in healthcare. The sessions will be held from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. (MT), and links will be shared with registrants the week of the presentation. Sessions include:

  • July 19 at 12:00 p.m. (MT): “Recognizing and Addressing Racial Inequities among Black Recipients of Healthcare Services”
  • July 27 at 12:00 p.m. (MT): “Culture, Identity, and Religion: Navigating Care for Arab-American Patients”
  • August 2 at 12:00 p.m. (MT): “Latino Health Care: Why Should I Care about Cultural Validation?”
  • August 16 at 12:00 p.m. (MT): “Caring for the Diné (Navajo) patient: Understanding the diversity of the traditional and contemporary Navajo, levels of acculturation, levels of enculturation, and strategies for culturally safe healthcare delivery practices”
  • August 23 at 12:00 p.m. (MT): “Navigating Healthcare: Life as a Nurse and a Former Refugee”

Register for the sessions.

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Resources

Check out the latest Ask the Experts video on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Follow Immunize​.org and share posts featuring Ask the Experts and clinical resources.

Immunize​.org’s social media program highlights educational resources for a new audience of vaccinators. The latest short video, “Can COVID-19 Vaccination Lead to Fertility Problems?” is available now on the Immunize​.org  YouTube channel, along with all of the Ask the Experts videos. The Immunize​.org social media channels now feature their most popular printable resources and Ask the Experts questions and answers, as well as announcements important to frontline vaccinators.

Like, follow, and share Immunize​.org’s social media accounts and encourage

 

colleagues and others interested in vaccination to do likewise:

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Association of Immunization Managers shares new episode of REACHing for Vaccine Equity podcast and webinar recordings

The Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) posted a new episode, Building Trust and Vaccine Equity, on its REACHing for Vaccine Equity podcast. The podcast offers ideas on increasing vaccine access sustainability by creating systemic and local changes. Stan Martin, MM, a Senior Trainer and Office Director at CAI Global, and Ebony M. White, a Community Engagement Manager at Buffalo Center for Health Equity, discuss how they built vaccine confidence and amplified community voices through local messengers with lived experiences in Buffalo, NY. Aiming to reach Black and African American and Hispanic/Latino communities, trusted community members went door-to-door to share tobacco cessation and pro-vaccination messages.

Listen to the podcast on the REACHing for Vaccine Equity web page.

Additionally, AIM archived Vaccine Confidence webinars are now available:

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AAP offers new podcast episode from Pediatrics on Call discussing vaccine hesitancy

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) posted a new entry in its Pediatrics On Call podcast series: Drowning Prevention, Vaccine Hesitancy (33 minutes). A description from the podcast web page appears below.

In the first full episode, hosts Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP and David Hill, MD, FAAP share why they became pediatricians and introduce listeners to the new podcast from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Guest interviews address two of the biggest issues facing children’s health today: drowning [prevention] and vaccine hesitancy.

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HHS releases LGBTQ+ Community Toolkit to increase confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in English and Spanish

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released LGBTQ+ Community Toolkit (view in Spanish) with resources for people who want to help increase confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in the LGBTQ+ community. It includes information from CDC and new, culturally tailored materials from the HHS COVID-19 public education campaign and its team of multicultural experts.

View the LGBTQ+ Community Toolkit.

The toolkit will be regularly updated, so check back for more.

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HHS Office of Minority Health releases resources on health literacy and limited English proficiency

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Health Literacy and Limited English Proficiency: 2023 Reading List, a variety of resources focused on health literacy and limited English proficiency (LEP). The list contains three sections: factsheets and toolkits for consumers, reports and recommendations for professionals, and peer-reviewed journal articles. All the resources in this list are available to read and download for free.

Read Health Literacy and Limited English Proficiency: 2023 Reading List.

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VYF’s Shot of Prevention releases blog post about the end of the Public Health Emergency and the continued threat of COVID-19

Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) hosts a blog, Shot of Prevention, where people come to discuss news and views on vaccines. Check out the most recent Shot of Prevention blog post:

Subscribe to Shot of Prevention to get the latest blog posts delivered to your inbox.

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Announcements

Announcements from the National Network of Immunization Coalitions

The National Network of Immunization Coalitions reminds you of the important ways every coalition can plug into the power of our network:

  • Bookmark National Network of Immunization Coalitions’ Calendar of Events on its website, immunizationcoalitions.org, to learn about upcoming national, regional, state, and local conferences; workshops; and virtual educational opportunities
  • Subscribe to IZ Express, the free weekly e-newsletter produced by Immunize.org, for immunization-related news, new and updated recommendations, educational materials, and educational opportunities
  • Urge your coalition members to sign up for IZ Coalitions Network News, the monthly e-newsletter for the National Network of Immunization Coalitions that features news of interest to immunization coalitions and nonprofit organizations. To subscribe, send a request to info@immunizationcoalitions.org asking to be included.
  • Be sure that your coalition is listed and information is up to date on the National Network of Immunization Coalitions website. To add your coalition or make updates, please email info@immunizationcoalitions.org.
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