COLLABORATION MEETING

 Please continue to share details about the IKC and invite folks to our April 13, 2023, 10-11 EST so that we can continue to strengthen our network and reach!

World Immunization Week

2023 is World Immunization Week. Our global opportunity to catch-up on lost progress in essential immunization. We need to reach the millions of children who missed out on vaccines, restore essential immunization coverage to at least 2019 levels, strengthen primary health care to deliver immunization and build lasting protection in communities and countries.

World Health Day

World Health Day is April 7th, Click the Link Below to learn more!

National Minority Health Month

April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups and encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications.

Important Reads

• Trusted messengers and trusted messages: The role for community-based organizations in promoting COVID-19 and routine immunizations

• Persuading the “Movable Middle”: Characteristics of effective messages to promote routine and COVID-19 vaccinations for adults and children – The impact of COVID-19 on beliefs and attitudes

• SAGE updates COVID-19 vaccination guidance

• mRNA vaccine beats infection for key defense against COVID-19, Stanford Medicine scientists find

Webinars/Trainings

• A Conversation about Vaccination with Young Advocates

• HPV Vaccination Roundtable of the Southeast (2nd Round)

•  Overcoming Adversity and Fostering the Mental Health of Latino/Hispanic Youth and their Families through Integrated

• Health Access and SDOH: Mobile Outreach for the Unsheltered Homeless

• Staying Informed: Understanding Local Impacts of the Public Health Emergency Ending

• Updates from NCIRD Leadership & Overview of the FY 2024 President’s Budget

Resources

• Alliance for a Healthier Generation (Vaccination Resources for Schools)

• Immunizations and Vaccines

• COVID-19 Vaccine Community Features

• IZ Express Weekly Newsletter

• Public Health Communications Collaborative: answers to tough questions about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration.

• AAP and Frameworks Institute: Reframing the Conversation about Child and Adolescent Vaccinations.

• CDC Foundation — Health Equity/Data Systems:

• CDC: Clear Communication Index.

• CDC: Everyday Words for Public Health Communication.