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International Ballroom E
Wednesday, March 8, 2006: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

H3: Vaccination in Juvenile Detention Facilities: Do We Have the Capacity to Reach Those Who Have Been Left Behind?

Workshop presenters will discuss the extent to which representative samples of juvenile residential facilities (JRFs)are enrolled in the VFC program and are administering hepatitis B vaccine. The feasibility of a program to ensure hepatitis B vaccination coverage and administer newly recommended vaccines in JRFs will be explored.
Moderator:Cindy Weinbaum
11:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
11:05 AMCharacteristics of Juvenile Detention/Residential Facilities that Adminster - and Don't Administer - Hepatitis B Vaccine -- Catherine Gallagher
11:25 AMAre Large Juvenile Detention and Residential Facilities Enrolled in the Vaccines for Children Program? -- Beatriz Builes
11:45 AMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC