To
improve awareness of adult immunizations
among health care providers and
the general community, the California
Adult Immunization Coalition (CAIC)
is supporting a collaborative,
statewide effort to observe
NATIONAL
ADULT IMMUNIZATION AWARENESS
WEEK
September 24th through September
30th, 2006
Adult Immunizations.
It’s Your Best Shot!
CAIC promotes this national observance
by developing and adopting materials
and resources that you and other
stakeholders in immunization can
use and distribute.
The 2006 CAIC/NAIAW Planning
Committee has screened and
collected tools that
are appropriate for your use
during NAIAW 2006. The committee
has also developed a series
of customizable tools, including:
- Two fully scripted and CME
ready slide
presentations that provide
a comprehensive review of adult
immunization
- Customizable media
tools, including adaptable
Templates for Opinion/Editorial
submissions and Press Releases
- A set of materials local stakeholders
can use to promote Healthcare Worker vaccination in nearby
facilities.
- A list of additional resources available
on the web
At
the state level, the Planning
Committee has also developed
and distributed a press release
to major media outlets – though
we encourage you to use the enclosed media
tools to contact media outlets
near you. Repetition does not
hurt and the media is sometimes
more inclined to listen to a local
source.
To support our work, please cite
CAIC as a supporter of your adult
immunization efforts
To improve our efforts to promote
NAIAW in the future, please take
a moment to complete our quick
on-line evaluation.
We
thank you for observing NAIAW
2006 – another
step towards prevention of the
deaths and disability that vaccine-preventable
diseases annually cause among
adults in California. |
