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For the past ten years, NAWHO has conducted activities under a groundbreaking cooperative agreement with CDC, which allowed for the first comprehensive national outreach effort to Asian American communities about the importance of immunization. Promoting Prevention for Healthy Communities has been a multi-faceted campaign of partnership-building, technical assistance, public and provider education, and data collection. Through this project, NAWHO coordinated activities among 16 community-based organizations in 8 states to reach Asian Americans and their health care providers and eliminate missed opportunities in vaccinations and vaccine education. The project has served over 41,000 Asian Americans, who have accessed immunization information through community forums, health fairs, and other community activities. Another 2.8 million Asian Americans were exposed to immunization information through Asian media. Over 1,700 health care providers were educated about the need to inform Asian American patients about vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly Hepatitis B, pneumococcal disease, and influenza.
Program partners selected through a competitive grants process in 2009 are:
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Asian Health and Service Center- Portland, OR
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Asian Human Services – Chicago, IL
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Asian Pacific Health Care Venture – Los Angeles, CA
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Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia- Philadelphia, PA
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Center for Pan Asian Community Services – Doraville, GA
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Hanul Family Alliance– Chicago, IL
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Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York- New York, NY
BEST PRACTICES TOOLKIT: Immunization Education and Service-Delivery for Asian American Communities
This toolkit is a compendium of the “best practices” that NAWHO has gleaned from its National Asian American Immunization Project over a decade of work. Its purpose is to provide practical data-supported guidance for how to design, implement, and evaluate an effective immunization initiative for Asian American communities, consolidated into a user-friendly, hands-on structure.
IMMUNIZATION RESOURCE LINKS:
General Immunization Information
National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
The National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is an interdisciplinary immunization program that brings together vaccine-preventable disease science and research with immunization program activities.
Immunization Action Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition provides vaccine information for health professionals and the public.
Vaccine for Children Program (CDC)
The VFC program is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to children who might not otherwise be vaccinated because of inability to pay.
Pre-teen Vaccine Campaign
The CDC Pre-teen Vaccine Campaign provides posters and flyers, in English and Spanish to educate parents and providers about the three pre-teen vaccines and the 11 and 12 year old medical check-up.
S.T.O.P Meningitis!
Sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) in collaboration with several of the nation’s leading medical and advocacy groups, this program provides helpful information about meningitis to clinicians and other health care providers who care for adolescents and young adults.
ImmunizationEd.org
Provides Childhood and Adult Immunization Schedules for PDAs
Teaching Immunization Delivery and Evaluation: An Online Interactive Educational Program
Jointly sponsored by the Medical University of South Carolina and the Ambulatory Pediatric Association/Society for Adolescent Medicine, TIDE provides a flexible online tool to teach immunization delivery. It grew from a need to improve both the content and the teaching methods of more traditional curricula, using clinical scenarios to trigger problem solving and discussion.
Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia's Vaccine Education Center provides complete, up-to-date and reliable information about vaccines to parents and healthcare professionals. CHOP provides videos, informational tear sheets, and information on every vaccine.
Every Child By Two
Every Child By Two provides links to ECBT-created materials, as well as materials from other organizations.
Immunization Resources in Asian Languages
Immunization Action Coalition
The IAC provides translated educational materials and Vaccine Immunization Statements (VIS) in various Asian languages including Burmese, Cambodian, Chinese, Hmong, Ilokano, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Marshallese, Samoan, Tagalog, Thai, Tongan, and Vietnamese.
Washington State Immunization Program
The Washington State Immunization Programs provides immunization materials in various Asian languages.
Hepatitis B Information
National Hepatitis B Initiative for Asians and Pacific Islanders (OMH)
The Office of Minority health provides goals and strategies to eliminate hepatitis B among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
American Liver Foundation
The American Liver Foundation's "ThinkB" campaign provides information on Hepatitis B in Asian languages.
Asian Liver Center
The Asian Liver Center at Stanford University provides educational brochures for the general public and and health practitioners on hepatitis B and liver cancer prevention and treatment in various Asian languages including Chinese, Laotian, Vietnamese, Korean, Tagalog, and Thai.
Asian American Hepatitis B Program
The Asian American Hepatitis B program provides Hepatitis B educational brochures, videos and website information in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
Hepatitis B Foundaton
The Hepatitis B Foundation offers educational materials and website information in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese on Hepatitis B, as well as an online cultural competency training on Hepatitis B in Asian and Pacific Islanders.
Hepatitis A, B, and C Prevention Programs
This website showcases programs across the United States that work to prevent hepatitis A, B, or C in people who are at risk for infection. The site also features general information on hepatitis B and hepatitis A vaccination, special topics related to viral hepatitis, and links to other organizations and resources.
Washington State Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Hepatitis B Task Force
The Washington State API Hepatitis B Task Force promotes understanding of hepatitis B disease, including testing, immunizations, and treatment for hepatitis B. Posters and brochures are available in Asian languages.
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