Education Hour - Archive
School Vaccination Updates
Objectives:
- Describe the rationale behind SB276 (Pan) Immunizations: medical exemptions.
- Identify available resources that may be used for immunization assessment, reporting, and medical exemption management.
- Determine the value of tracking immunization data.
- Formulate communication strategies for use with parents around the issue of medical exemptions.
Aired: December 15, 2021
Featured Speaker:
Joan Edelstein, DrPH, MSN, RN, PHN.,
Instructor For The School Nurse Credential program at Sacramento State University
Pamela Kahn, MPH, RN, NCSN.,
Coordinator for Health and Wellness at the Orange County Department of Education
Guest Speaker:
Kristen Finch, MPH
Population Assessment Coordinator For The California Department of Public Health Immunization Branch
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
Vaccine Mandates and Covid-19
Aired: August 16, 2021
Featured Speaker:
Dorit Reiss, Ph.D., LLB.,
Law Professor,
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
Communicating With Vaccine Hesitant Families: Proven Tools & Strategies
Objectives:
- Discuss how to make a strong vaccine recommendation.
- Understand how to make a “presumptive” vaccine recommendation.
- Describe how to use motivational interviewing (MI) techniques if needed.
- Review specific evidence-based communication techniques.
Aired: December 2, 2020
Featured Speaker:
Amanda Dempsey, MD
Tenure Pediatric Professor
University of Denver Colorado
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
Families Fighting Flu: More Important Than Ever
Objectives:
- Detail the importance of annual flu vaccination.
- Understand how personal stories can support efforts to achieve broad immunization coverage.
- Be familiar with many national and CA based resources to support efforts to fight flu
Aired: September 22, 2020
Featured Speaker:
Serese Marotta,
Chief Operating Officer,
Families Fighting Flu
Guest Speaker:
Nisha Gandhi, Adult Immunization Coordinator, California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch
Anya Gutman, Health Educator,
California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
New Vaccines: From Development to Clinical Trials and Safety Monitoring
Objectives:
- Describe the vaccine development process.
- Detail the importance of safety monitoring process.
- Discuss the process in terms of COVID-19 vaccine development.
Aired: July 29, 2020
Featured Speaker:
Nicola Klein, MD, PhD
Director, Kaiser Permanente
Vaccine Study Center
Guest Speaker:
Edgar Ednacot, EdM, MPH
Chief of information and Education,
California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
ShotByShot - 10 Year's Strong
Objectives:
- At the conclusion of this webinar you will know what ShotByShot.org is and how it works.
- At the conclusion of this webinar you will know the history of ShotByShot.
- At the conclusion of this Webinar you will know how to find a story on the website and how to request a story.
Aired: April 29, 2020
Featured Speaker:
Ariel Loop, BSN, RN-BC, PHN
Parent Advocate,
Vaccinate California
Tammy, Pilisuk, MPH
Health Education,
California Department of Public Health, Immunization Branch
Moderated By: Meg Dorsey, RN, BSN, PHNII, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy: Intervening to Increase HPV Vaccine Uptake
- Understand the processes that help make vaccine acceptance the “default choice.”
- Understand the continuum of vaccine acceptance.
- Describe the main reasons for vaccine hesitancy.
- Learn a response strategy for addressing parental vaccine hesitancy.
Aired: December 11, 2018
Featured Presenters:
Jennifer Sienko, MPH
Director of National HPV Roundtable,
Communication and Public Engagement
Moderated by Catherine Martin,
Executive Director, CIC
Protecting Mothers and Infants through Maternal Immunization
Objectives:
- Describe the rationale for maternal immunization
- Outline current US maternal immunization recommendations for influenza and pertussis
- Explain the impact of maternal immunization on maternal and infant infection
- Discuss how vaccine uptake in pregnant women may be improved
- Identify resources for promoting and educating community and providers about importance of maternal vaccinations
Aired: August 23, 2018
Featured Presenter:
C. Mary Healy, MD
Infectious Disease Specialist, Infectious Disease Section
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine
Guest Speaker: Rebeca Montealegre Boyte, MAS
Health Educator Supervisor for the Information & Education
Immunization Branch, CDPH
Moderated by Pia Pannaraj,
MD, Board Member, CIC
Shingles 2.0 : What You Need to Know
Objectives:
- Explain the clinical benefits and recommendations for administration of Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine
- Explain the differences between Shingrix and Zostavax vaccines
- Create and/or implement effective messaging to staff and patients on the benefits of the new shingles vaccine
Aired: April 4, 2018
Featured Presenter:
Mark Sawyer, MD, FAAP
Director of Pediatrics Residency Program
UCSD School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego
Moderated by Meg Dorsey,
RN, PHN, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County
- Describe Hepatitis A modes of transmission, morbidity and mortality
- Describe the unique characteristics of the current California outbreak
- Identify strategies that California counties have employed in response to this outbreak
- Identify strategies to increase Hep A vaccination
Aired: December 5, 2017
Disease Control Program,
of Public Health
RN, PHN, Immunization Coordinator, Placer County