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Wednesday, March 7, 2007: 4:00 PM-5:00 PM

J2: Creating Culturally Appropriate Interventions to Increase Childhood Immunization

Cultural competency is critical in the design and development of immunization interventions. This workshop will focus on three interventions to ensure on-time immunization of children by educating parents, healthcare providers, and child caretakers. Strategies to engage key partners to promote immunizations and develop culturally competent materials, will be discussed.
Moderator:Michelle Basket
4:00 PMIntroductory Remarks
4:05 PMBuilding a culturally and linguistically appropriate Spanish-language Infant Immunization Campaign
Carolina Luna-Pinto
 The "Immunize On Time, Every Time!" Immunization Disparities Initiative
Amy Pisani, Jennifer A. Zavolinsky
4:35 PMIt Takes A Village: Ensuring Vaccine Compliance Among Children in Foster and Kinship Care
Everardo Aguilar, Tania Farley, Kathleen W. Gustafson, Adrienne Collins Yancey
4:50 PMDiscussion

The 41st National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC