Immunization Technical Assistance

Childhood and adolescent and immunizations

Resources for providers working with vaccine-hesitant parents

1. Boost Oregon: A parent-led community that educates Oregonians about the safety and benefits of childhood vaccinations.
• Guidance documents and training information for immunization providers
  
• Resources to share with parents in English and Spanish, including an infant well visit video series: 
  
2. CDC: Provider resources to help health care professionals start or continue vaccine conversations with parents
   
• Resources with proven communication strategies and tips for effectively addressing questions from parents, as well as information for parents who choose not to vaccinate
  
3. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center: Complete, up-to-date and reliable information about vaccines to parents and healthcare professionals.
   
• Vaccine updates for health care professionals, including webinars with CMEs
  
• Vaccine safety resources
  
4. Oregon Pacific Areas Health Education Center (OPAHEC): Training, including recorded webinars, to help immunization providers make effective recommendations for the HPV vaccine and answer parent’s questions. 
   
   • OPAHEC website
   • OPAHEC YouTube channel
     

Quality improvement technical assistance for immunization providers

Training and quality improvement support for childhood and adolescent immunizations may be available through the Oregon Immunization Program's Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) program. More resources are available on the Immunization Providers page.

Contact

To request more information about prior technical assistance for these metrics, contact the Transformation Center at Transformation.Center@odhsoha.oregon.gov.