Only Ballroom Sessions were recorded for video. Breakout session presentations are listed below. Presentation files are limited to that from which we received from speaker. For speaker biographies, click here.
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Maintaining the Future of Immunizations
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Protecting Immunity After Vaccination
Dr. Mark Slifka
Dr. Slifka discusses the duration of immune responses after infection or vaccination and what factors may be involved with maintaining long-term immunity. |
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University of Oregon Carriage Study
Dr. Lucy McNamara
In 2015, 6 students at the University of Oregon and one close contact of a student contracted serogroup B Neisseria meningitides. In response to the outbreak, the university initiated a mass vaccination campaign to prevent future cases using two new serogroup B (MenB) vaccines that had recently been licensed in the United States, MenB-FHbp and MenB-4C. In conjunction with the vaccination campaigns, CDC partnered with Oregon Health Authority to initiate a carriage evaluation to assess the impact of the MenB vaccines on meningococcal carriage in a university setting. Although meningococcal carriage is asymptomatic, it is the primary source of transmission for meningococcal bacteria and thus reducing carriage is essential to promote herd immunity. This presentation will provide background on meningococcal carriage and the new MenB vaccines, summarize the University of Oregon outbreak and mass vaccination campaign, and describe interim results obtained from the carriage evaluation. |
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What I Learned in Legislature
Senator Steiner Hayward
This presentation discussed lessons learned by the 2015 legislative battle to improve Oregon's childhood immunization rates. Topics covered will include strategies for public policy to increase immunization rates, effects of the 2015 law, understanding vaccine refusal, and more. |
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Exploring Oregon's Flu Data
Steve Robison
This presentation is an overview of influenza immunizations given in 2015-16 and captured in ALERT IIS. Highlights include age, gender, provider type, and county level information on influenza immunization. The effects of Oregon's pharmacy immunization expansion for adolescents will be covered, as will the potential scope of FluMist retraction. |
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2016/17 Influenza Update
Dr. Paul Ciesklak
Dr. Cieslak discusses influenza in Oregon and recent guidance on vaccination. Watch the video and follow along with the presentation slides below. |
Breakout Session One
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Hepatitis A Response in Sandy, OR
Bryan Goodin & Angela Heckathorn
In February 2016 a busy Valentine's Day weekend at a local movie theater may have exposed over 3,000 people to Hepatitis A. Legacy Health partnered with Oregon Health Authority, Clackamas County, Multnomah County, and the Cities Readiness Initiative in response to community need. This presentation will describe the successful planning and implementation of a community vaccination and IG clinic on short notice using a Point of Dispense model. Includes a discussion of the interagency partnerships and community involvement needed, and an analysis of lessons learned. |
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Best Practices Panel: Immunization Efforts Across the Continuum of Care
Dr. Bob Dannenhoffer & Virginia Chambers
Best Practices Panel: Influenza efforts across a continuum of care provides attendees an opportunity to learn how different players in the field are tackling issues concerning vaccine hesitancy, promotion, retention of patients and training of staff come flu season. Virginia Chambers approaches the issue from the position of training Medical Assistants and identifies what M.A.s need to know regarding vaccines, as well as how to identify how attitude and soft skills affect patient experience. Bob Dannenhoffer takes the perspective of a pediatrician in practice for over 35 years and as a county public health officer combines the discussion of vaccination hesitancy on a patient level with using metrics to measure vaccine compliance across the population. |
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Having Difficult Conversations: Using Motivational Interviewing Techniques to Talk About Vaccines and Antibiotics
Alyssa McClean & Amir Assasnik
Typically used for behavior change counseling regarding smoking cessation and obesity, motivational interviewing (MI) is a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence. These methods are easily applied to the charged and emotionally driven conversations that surround other health topics, like vaccines. Combining MI techniques, local statistics, case studies, and plenty of group and individual practice, this seminar strives to provide participants with alternatives to stonewalling and conflict through empathy and empowerment. |
Breakout Session Two
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Reaching Diverse Communities: Childhood Immunizations in Northwest American Indian/Alaska Native Communities
Capt. Tom Weiser
Dr. Tom Weiser pulls from his extensive experience working with native community health to guide his research identifying the knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Northwest American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) community members and medical providers regarding childhood immunizations. He will describe his process using focus groups with native communities in order to uncover if hesitancy or resistance is comparable to non-AI/AN populations and identify influences that serve as barriers or facilitators to immunizations. |
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Healthcare Worker Influenza Vaccination in OregonAlexia Zhang & Monika Samper
Providing an overview of the problem with influenza vaccination rates of healthcare workers (HCW), this presentation shares data collected since 20110 looking at the rates in various types of facilities (hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis centers) against the types of methods used to encourage vaccination. Different types of facilities have success with vaccination using different strategies and these are outlined while identifying vaccination strategies with high impact potential, lessons learned, and opportunities for improvement. |
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Augmenting Adult Immunization Programs: Increasing Adult Immunization Rates Using Quality Improvement Methods and Flu-FitNicole O'Kane, David Smith & Bridget Kiene
Presented in two parts, this session is perfect for both providers who directly interact with patients as well as administrators working on developing programs for the practice. HealthInsight Oregon will provide an overview of how Quality Innovation Networks-Quality Improvement Organizations play a role in health care transformation and methods to improve adult immunization rates for Medicare beneficiaries. Their presentation will include best practices for assessment, education and referral, and types of technical assistance offered through participation in the program. The goal is for attendees to take away three action items to implement in their physician office, hospital, home health agency, pharmacy or other health care setting dedicated to improving immunization rates. The American Cancer Society knows that a step in the door is the first move and wants to help you leverage your influenza vaccine program to help prevent cancer as well. Learn about how Flu-Fit Programs help clinical teams increase access to colorectal cancer screening by offering home tests to patients at the time of their annual flu shots. This program has recently been recognized as a “Research-Tested Intervention Program” by the National Cancer Institute and has been featured on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s Innovations Exchange. The American Cancer Society is currently introducing Flu-Fit Programs in several community health centers across the country. |