Increasing Adult Vaccination Rates: What Works (Web-Based)

Course Number: WB3083

"Increasing Adult Vaccination Rates: WhatWorks is designed to assist the primary care practitioner in finding ways to increase vaccination rates among adult patients. This program explains the public health problem of under-immunized adults. It presents information about effective strategies that can be implemented in healthcare practices to increase adult vaccination rates.

This is an interactive, instructional program. The strategies presented in this web-based course are described in the Guide to Community Preventive Services and recommended by the Task Force on Community Preventive Services. Other content includes technical vaccine information which is based on the Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and immunization resource materials which were developed by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC."

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TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, nurses, nursing students, medical assistants, pharmacists, and other health professionals who provide immunizations. The target audience also includes health educators, immunization program managers, Department of Defense paraprofessionals, and other persons who administer adult healthcare services.

MATERIALS: Computer with access to the internet

PREREQUISITES: Participants should have a basic educational background in science including general knowledge in the subject areas of biology, immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases.