The California Immunization Coalition Summit Why We Choose to Vaccinate

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The California Immunization Coalition SummitWhy
We Choose to Vaccinate

• Presented by Julia Heinzerling, MPH
• President, California Immunization Coalition
• April 20, 2009

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Welcome to the 2009 CIC Summit!
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Housekeeping

• Please silence your cell phones.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) and Continuing
  Education Units (CEU)
• 11 AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credit(s)
• 13.5 CEU Contact Hours
• To receive credit, please
• Pay your 25 Processing Fee at the Registration
  Table
• Sign in both days that you attend
• Complete, sign and return an Evaluation Form
• on April 21 and 22

CME CEU
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Housekeeping

• Meeting Rooms
• Plenary sessions International Ballroom
• Breakout sessions Pacific (A, B, C) Rooms
• Lunch and our Awards Ceremony San Gabriel Room

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Housekeeping

• Support Materials
• Were going GREEN!
• Select handouts are included in your Summit
  packets and will be provided in some Breakout
  sessions.
• All materials will be posted at
  www.immunizeca.org

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Campaign Launch

• Testimonials from individuals who choose to
  immunize along with fact-based, credible
  information.
• Information on vaccine safety, VPDs, and
  outbreaks
• Parent blog and resource list
• Compelling personal stories that
• build trust in immunizations (video
• and print)

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Why Akon Chooses to Immunize

• There is an adage in society that states
  Experience is the best teacher. However, when
  it comes to vaccine-preventable diseases, I have
  to differ. Why experience a disease, when it can
  be prevented?... Some experiences, you just dont
  need to have.
• AKON

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Why do YOU Choose to Vaccinate?

• Share why YOU choose vaccines! Join the
  campaign.
• Attend the Campaign Launch Session- April 21 at 1
  pm.
• Have your photo taken today during our breaks and
  between 5 and 6 pm in the Santa Fe Room.
• Visit www.whyichoose.org to upload your profile.
• Recruit families, providers, and advocates to
  share their stories . Encourage teens to
• enter the i choose photo contest!

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CIC Summit Whats in Store? The Choice is
Yours!

• Get the latest updates about vaccines and
  VPDs.
• Hot Topics- Ask the Expert!
• Vaccinations From Production to Injection, How
  Do the Pieces Fit Together?
• Ignorance is Not Bliss Outbreaks are an
  Opportunity to Educate
• California Perspective Beyond the 2010 Healthy
  People Objectives
• We should realize that prevention is the best
• and most efficient medicine for today and
• the future.
• NESHAT

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CIC Summit Whats in Store? The Choice is
Yours!

• Explore new avenues for reaching priority
  communities.
• REACH Out Promoting Adult IZ Among Racially
  Diverse Communities
• New Venues/New Partners Expanding the
  Possibilities for Vaccine Access
• Strengthening Partnerships Between Local
  Emergency Preparedness Programs and Local
  Coalitions
• Reaching Adult Populations with Hepatitis A and B
  Vaccines
• Beyond the HC Setting Vaccinating Staff Serving
  Vulnerable Populations
• Growing up in the Philippines I saw the real
  effects of
  diseases. Now that I
  live in the US I choose to make
• sure that my family and the extended family that
  I left in
• the Philippines are immunized.
• SHARON

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CIC Summit Whats in Store? The Choice is
Yours!

• Learn and practice how to strengthen trust in
  immunizations.
• From Brochure 2 Blog New Media Tools for
  Immunization Education
• Autism and Vaccinations Loss of Trust,
  Acceptance of Poor Science and the Impact on
  Vaccination
• Bringing Values into the Vaccination Discussion
• I Choose Campaign Launch
• Analyzing the Message- Responding to What is
  REALLY Being Communicated
• I want friends and family to know they are safe
• and do not want them to experience this
• traumatic experience.
• JONATHAN

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CIC Summit Whats in Store? The Choice is
Yours!

• Explore effective communication and advocacy
  strategies.
• Talking Public Health Americas Second Language
  and What it Means for Immunization Advocates
• California Legislative Update- 2009
• Harnessing 21st Century Media to Promote Social
  Change
• Learn about developments in the registry arena.
• No Shot Left Behind Mandating Prov. Part. in the
  Statewide IZ Registry
• Coalition and Registry Partnerships that Work
• Mrs. Bear and I are glad that CA has an IZ
  registry that helps
• make sure our little ones are always UTD on their
  shots.
• IZZY

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CIC Summit Whats in Store? The Choice is
Yours!

• Celebrate our IZ Champions.
• Natalie J. Smith, MD, MPH and Ronald P.
  Bangasser, MD Awards
• Become active in CIC!
• Summit Planning Workgroup
• Advocacy
• Communication
• Community Education Technical Support
• Emerging Issues
• Governance and Membership
• Health Disparities
• Registry

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Acknowledgements

• CIC thanks the following for their support.
• The CIC Board of Directors
• The CIC Summit Planning Committee
• Event exhibitors
• Please visit our exhibitors booths during
  breaks!
• Plenary and Breakout Session Presenters

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Connect with CIC!
Catherine Flores Martin Director [phone]
ext 333 cmartin_at_communitycouncil.org
Julia Heinzerling, MPH President 213-351-7479 j
heinzerling_at_ph.lacounty.gov
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Make a Choice to Stay Rock-Solid Against
Disease!

• Do you choose to live free?
• Free of worries and limitations.
• Do you wanna be untouchable?
• Rock-solid against disease.
• SVETLIN