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2008 Provider Campaign4th DTaP healthcare provider campaign One out of every five children in Texas does not have the fourth dose of the DTaP vaccine. The Immunization Branch recently launched a statewide education campaign to encourage healthcare providers to not miss any opportunities to provide the fourth DTaP to their clients when indicated by the recommended immunization schedule.
2007 Immunization CampaignNew Campaign Offers 4th DTaP EducationThe DSHS Immunization Branch launched the 2007 Immunization Campaign, which will air from October 29-December 14, 2007, targeting women 18-34 years of age with children younger than three years of age. The campaign is being held in Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio. The key goals of the campaign are to (1) heighten awareness of the importance of immunizations to building a child’s overall health, with an emphasis on the 4th DTaP vaccine; and (2) remind parents about the recommended immunization schedule and inform them of why and when vaccines are due...Download the full 2007 Immunization Campaign Report (77 Kb). 2007 Immunization Campaign Survey Results Awareness that vaccines are due at 15-18 months increased from 30% to 41% in four markets studied, according to results from a survey conducted on the effects of the fall 2007 Immunization Public Awareness Campaign in Dallas/Ft. Worth, El Paso, Houston, and San Antonio....Download the full 2007 Immunization Campaign Survey Results Report (16 Kb).
2007 Pertussis CampaignNew Campaign Offers Pertussis EducationIn conjunction with the National Immunization Awareness Month, the DSHS Immunization Branch is conducting a campaign from July 13 through Aug. 31 to raise public awareness of pertussis. The campaign will target mothers, ages 25-54, and medical staff who work in close proximity to infants. English- and Spanish-language TV and radio ads will air in Amarillo, Austin, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Tyler, and Waco, which all had high incidence rates of pertussis in 2006. The ads encourage mothers to vaccinate their families with the tetanus, diphtheria, and accelular pertussis vaccine, known as Tdap, to help prevent pertussis. English- and Spanish-language highway and neighborhood billboards will also be placed in low-immunization-level areas in Austin and Dallas/Ft. Worth. English-language billboards with a message encouraging medical staff to be vaccinated with Tdap will also be placed next to birthing centers and hospitals with the highest number of births. The same message will be placed in professional health-care magazines, including Texas Medicine, Texas Family Physician, and Texas Hospitals.
2006 Immunization Campaign
2006 Pertussis CampaignCampaign Offers Pertussis EducationWith the number of pertussis cases in Texas on the rise, the Texas Department of State Health Services has launched an education campaign to fight this serious bacterial illness. The campaign focuses on new vaccines to protect against pertussis, also known as whooping cough, and reminds parents that on-time vaccinations are critically important for children. In 1976 Texas saw a record low number of cases at 36. But in 2005 DSHS reported more than 2,000 cases of pertussis with nine deaths, eight of whom were infants. 2006 Pertussis Public Awareness Campaign Survey A survey report of 1,600 households in Austin and the Rio Grande Valley indicated that the 2006 Pertussis Awareness Campaign increased audience awareness from 3% to 25%....Download the full 2006 Pertussis Public Awareness Campaign Survey Report (14 Kb).
2005 Immunization Campaign
2004 Immunizations Campaign
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