Colorado Childrens Immunization Coalition Stephanie Wasserman, MSPH, - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition

Stephanie Wasserman, MSPH, Executive Director September 15, 2014 Colorado PTA Parent Forum

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 CCIC is dedicated to keeping Colorado kids healthy by

building awareness for vaccines, educating health care providers, and advocating for policies that protect children with the goal of increasing childhood vaccination rates.

 Mission: to strategically mobilize diverse partners and

families to advance children’s health through immunizations.

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 Colorado’s only statewide independent 501(c)(3)

• rganization committed to children’s immunization

 Formed in 1991 by Colorado doctors to increase and

sustain childhood immunization rates in response to the fact that only around 50 % of CO children were adequately immunized against vaccine-preventable diseases.

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 2012: “Evidence shows that exemptions

result in higher risk of vaccine preventable disease to both the children who take the exemption and to others in the community. CCIC supports meaningful exemptions after consultation with a health care provider.”

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Stakeholder Process

 CDPHE, the Colorado Children’s Immunization

Coalition, and The Keystone Center planned and implemented the process to:

• 1. Gain a better understanding of the current state
• f PBE attitudes and opinions
• 2. Participate in facilitated discussions on current

PBE policies and practices

• 3. Generate potential policy and/or rule changes to

the PBE system.

• 4. Make final recommendations to be formally

submitted to CDPHE in a written report.

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Participants

 57 participants in 8 sector-specific focus

group and key informant interviews

 25 stakeholders – 3 meetings

• Local/state public health, physicians,

nurses and healthcare providers, state legislative representatives, school nurses and administrators, parents/guardians, and advocacy organizations

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Final Recommendations

 Hold school districts accountable for

immunization policy

 Establish joint policy between state agencies

• n immunization data collection and sharing

 Require education and/or counseling prior to

exemption

 Make publicly available rates of immunization

and exemptions by schools and licensed childcare centers

 Require medical practitioner or health official

signature for exemption

 Require annual renewal of exemption

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Supporters

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All Kids Covered

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American Academy of Pediatrics – Colorado Chapter

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American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Colorado Chapter

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Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield

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Boulder County Health Department

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Children’s Hospital Colorado

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Clayton Early Learning

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Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

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Colorado Association for the Education of Young Children

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Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care

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Colorado Association of Local Public Health Officials

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Colorado Association of School Nurses

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Colorado BioScience Association

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Colorado Children’s Campaign

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Colorado Children’s Immunization Coalition

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Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved

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Colorado Medical Society

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Colorado PTA

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Democrats for Education Reform

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Denver Health

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Denver Public Health

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Early Childhood Summit

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Every Child By Two - Carter/Bumpers Champions for Immunization

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Healthy Child Care Colorado

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Immune Deficiency Foundation

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Immunization Action Coalition

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Larimer County Board of Health

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March of Dimes, Colorado Chapter

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Meningitis Angels

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Mile High United Way

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National Jewish Health

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Nurses Who Vaccinate

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Padres & Jovenes Unidos

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Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

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Public Health Nurses Association of Colorado

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Qualistar Colorado

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The Colorado Health Foundation

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The Immunization Partnership

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Rocky Mountain Health Plans

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Vaccinate for Healthy Schools

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Voices for Vaccines

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 Requires schools and child care

centers to disclose immunization and exemption rates, upon request

 Effective - July 1, 2014

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 Directs CO Health Dep't:

• to create on online

ne ev eviden dence ce-based based vacci accine ne educatio cation n module dule

• to explore data sharing

ing among CDE and CDHS

• to

to provid vide tech chnical nical assista stanc nce e to sch chool

• ols

regarding how to analyze and interpret immunization data

 Directs the Board of Health to promulgate rules

regarding the freque uency ncy that vaccine exemption forms must be renewed

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 Colorado Immunization Information System (CIIS)

Stakeholder Engagement Recommendations

 SB13-222 Vaccine Access Taskforce completed vaccine

finance and delivery policy framework

 Department of Human Services Childcare Rules

committee re-convened and CCIC participating

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 The Colorado General Assembly is comprised of the

State Senate and the State House of Representatives

 Democrats control the State House by 9 seats

• 37 Democrats / 28 Republicans = 65 total seats

 Democrats control the State Senate by only 1 seat

• 18 Democrats / 17 Republicans = 35 total seats

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 The November elections could have a significant impact

• n the political viability of potential legislative efforts

 The race for governor is very close, in addition to

numerous close races for state Senate and House

 Electoral outcomes and resulting control of the Senate is

very unpredictable

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