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Karin Szymanski, M.Ed Project Coordinator Community Outreach The Arizona Partnership for Immunization Babies are born in AZ each day, none arrive immunized. - Dr. Daniel T Cloud, TAPI Founder The Ari rizona Partnership for Im Immunization
Karin Szymanski, M.Ed
Project Coordinator Community Outreach The Arizona Partnership for Immunization
Celeb ebra ratin ting 25 year ars
Babies are born in AZ each day, none arrive immunized. - Dr. Daniel T Cloud, TAPI Founder
We foster community wellness and advocate for good public policy and best immunization practices.
To deliver age appropriate immunizations by the year 2020 to at least 90% of Arizona’s two-year-old children before their second birthday and to encourage appropriate immunizations through the lifespan.
and young children – our vulnerable.
the ‘go to’ for a lot of their child care answers.
in center immunization reports to the state
pay and poor or no health insurance – another vulnerable population.
National Infant Immunization Week and Surround Your Baby with a Vaccinated Family messages were a perfect platform to begin our outreach to childcare centers.
Information System (ASIIS) education gave them an incentive (due to the required Immunization Data Report).
What our total outreach developed into:
Goal : Increase ASIIS child care provider enrollment and use of the immunization registry. Outcome:
in 2011
30 sites.
conducted workgroup meetings for feedback on module needs, challenges and ease of use.
and support for pilot centers to utilize the ASIIS Child Care Module.
TAPI, with ADHS, mailed ASIIS enrollment education flyers, pertussis and flu education materials in yearly mailing packets of IDR’s to all licensed child care centers in Arizona.
Partnership Development
ASIIS use, IDR and exemption tools.
Provided an ongoing resource for Child Care Workers to reference. WhyImmunize.org
Partnership with March of Dimes
Developed with
agencies Focused on
immunizations
This message became our platform to continue education of child care centers about the importance of immunization rates in their centers, but also immunizations needed for the child care employees as well as family members.
Ongoing – TAPI continues to utilize the NIIW message each year to drive home to child care centers the importance of vaccination rates in the centers as well as with employees.
HPV shot #2 and yearly flu shot