American Academy of Pediatrics Influenza Immunization Activities

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American Academy of PediatricsInfluenza
Immunization Activities
Henry (Hank) Bernstein, DOChief, General
Academic Pediatrics Professor of
Pediatrics Dartmouth Medical School
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AAP Overview

• Mission attain optimal physical, mental and
  social health and well-being for all infants,
  children, adolescents and young adults
• Membership organization representing 60,000
  pediatricians
• Develops immunization recommendations/
  coordinates with ACIP

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AAP Resources

• Annual immunization recommendations for children
• Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP)
  houses online resources for providers, parents,
  and health care professionals
• Available at www.aap.org

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PediaLink Learning Center

• AAPs online CME/CPD website for pediatricians
• Available at www.pedialink.org
• Benefit of AAP membership
• Offer individualized learning plans for each
  pediatrician
• Provide tools tofacilitate acquisition ofnew
  knowledge, improvepatient outcomes,document
  activities tosatisfy certificationrequirements

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Kids Need Flu Vaccine, Too! Initiative AAP-NFID
Partnership

• Objectives
• Provide influenza vaccine clinic models and
  in-practice resources to help remove
  implementation barriers for immunizers
• Inform public about new and evolving
  recommendations for children/contacts
• 2004 first recommendations for children 6-23
  month of age and contacts
• 2006 expanded recommendations for children 6-59
  month of age and contacts

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Kids Need Flu Vaccine , Too! Initiative
AAP-NFID Partnership

• In addition to AAP, supported by
• National Influenza Summit
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Resources available at www.nfid.org and
  members-only section of www.aap.org

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Kids Need Flu Vaccine , Too! Components of
National Initiatives

• Provider Resources Toolkit
• Designed to provide pediatricians and immunizers
  with tools and information necessary to
  administer influenza vaccine and overcome
  practice barriers
• Natl Public Service Announcements (PSA)
• Designed to deliver thought-provoking pediatric
  immunization messages to parents (mothers)
• Radio PSA (aired 55,000 times/270 stations)
• TV PSA (50 million impressions 5,800 times/143
  stations)