The 37th National Immunization Conference of CDC

Erie
Wednesday, March 19, 2003: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

E7: Improving Coverage Among Underserved Children

Presentations in this workshop will address how community-based outreach programs intended to refer to care underimmunized infants in impoverished communities can help raise coverage; Assess imunization patterns among children of migrant farmworkers; examine missed opportunities relative to the increase in injections in the immunization schedule.
Learning Objectives: Participants in this workshop will understand issues related to improving immunization coverage among underserved children.

Moderator:Hussain Yusuf
11:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
11:05 AMCommunity-Based Outreach to Immunization-Delayed Children in Philadelphia
Srey Prak, James Lutz, Robert Levenson
11:25 AMImmunization Patterns of Children of Migrant Farmworkers
Adriana Bialostozky, Scott H. Bunner, Sarah J. Clark
11:45 AMImpact of Immunization Schedule Changes on Missed Opportunities for Vaccination
Matilde Irigoyen, Sally E. Findley, Philp LaRussa, Shaofu Chen, Pamela Sternfels, Louis Cooper, Arturo Caesar, Margaret Ewing
12:05 PMDiscussion

The 37th National Immunization Conference of CDC