2008 NIC Highlights and Immunization  Branch Presentations

This year’s theme, The Road to Healthier Living Starts Here, reflected the attitude and energy of the more than 1,500 participants who attended the March National Immunization Conference (NIC) in Atlanta.

California was well represented, with nearly 50 attendees representing various state and local agencies. NIC is run on a topic-based system with presentations organized into six tracks:

Adolescent and Adult Vaccination, Epidemiology and New Vaccines, Health and Risk Communication, Immunization Information Systems, Influenza, and Programmatic Issues. Presentations by Branch staff covered a spectrum of topics. Copies can be accessed online using the first few words in the title to search here: http://cdc.confex.com/cdc/nic2008/techprogram/MEETING.HTM.

Fifteen Branch oral and poster presentations are listed below.

1.    Size Does Matter: A Simple Method for VFC Site Visit Prioritization

2.    California Immunization Coalition: Merging Into a Lifespan Coalition

2.    California Immunization Coalition: Merging Into a Lifespan Coalition

3.    Impact of a Community-Clinic Intervention on Immunization-Related Behavior

4.    Epidemiology of Meningococcal Disease in California, 2001 – 2007 

5.    An Approach to Immunization Record De-duplication 

6.    California’s Chain Pharmacy Immunization Delivery:
       Results of a Statewide  Survey

7.    Storage and Handling: From Science to Policy

8.    California’s Development of On-line Immunization Training

9.    Evaluation of NIIW/TIM Radio Campaign: “Up-to-Date? Celebrate!”

10.   Pandemic Influenza Preparedness for Schools

11.   An Implementation of Batch Data Exchange of Immunization Record using
        XML Schema Derived from the HL7 Standard

12.    Using the California Health Interview Survey  to Assess Influenza
         Immunization Coverage in California

13.    Characterization of Perinatal Hepatitis B Cases in California, 2000 – 2005

14.    Effects of Timing of Post-Vaccination Serologic Testing (PVST) of Infants
         Born to Hepatitis B Infected Women

15.    Use of Tablet PCs for Efficient Electronic Data Capture During Provider Site
         Visits