39th National Immunization Conference (NIC) - March 20-24, 2005 - Washington

39th National Immunization Conference (NIC)
March 20-24, 2005 - Washington
Hilton Washington
Sunday, March 20, 2005
4:00 PM-8:00 PM
Conference Registration

Monday, March 21, 2005
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Conference Registration
7:30 AM-8:30 AM
Welcoming Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM-10:30 AM
0P Opening Plenary and Awards Presentation
10:30 AM-11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
P1 PLENARY SESSION (Epidemiology Track): Influenza (On My Mind)
A1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Vaccine Decision-Making across the Lifespan: Are All Target Groups Created Equal?
A2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Vaccine Risk Perception: How Can It Affect Coverage and What is the Best Way to Discuss Vaccine Risk?*
A3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Utilization of Influenza Vaccine during the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccine Shortage
A4 Health Communications Track Workshop: Approaches for Educating Public Health and Primary Care Professionals About Immunizations
A5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Registries as Assessment Tools to Improve AFIX Efficiency
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch (on Your Own)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Immunization Q & A
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
2P PLENARY SESSION (Immunization Registries Track): Immunization Information Systems and Clinical Interoperability
B1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Immunization Reminder-Recall Systems*
B2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Vaccine Safety Nuts and Bolts
B3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Knowledge is Power: Predictors of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adult Immunization and Interventions to Reduce Them*
B4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: Pediatric Influenza: A Serious and Often-Missed Vaccine-Preventable Illness
B5 Health Communications Track Workshop: Communicating with Legislators
B6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: New Immunization Education Products from the National Immunization Program
3:00 PM-3:30 PM
Break
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
3P PLENARY SESSION (Vaccine Safety Track): Hot Topics in Vaccine Safety
C1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Show Me the Money! The Immunization Grant Process
C2 Health Communications Track Workshop: Improving Immunization Rates Through Education of and Partnerships with Childcare Providers
C3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Influenza Vaccination of Health Care Providers*
C4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: The Burden and Potential for Control of Rotavirus Gastroenteritis
C5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Managing Vaccination Catch-Up Due to Shortages with Immunization Registries*
C6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: Web-Based Tool for Developing Pediatric Immunization Formularies
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
N1 Hilleman Lecture and Reception

Tuesday, March 22, 2005
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Fitness Event
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Conference Registration
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
4P PLENARY SESSION (Adult Immunization Track): We Made It Through 2004, What Will Happen in 2005?
D1 Programamtic Track Workshop: AFIX Standards: What Are They and How Do I Use Them?*
D2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: California Legislation on Thimerosal in Vaccines
D3 Health Communications Track Workshop: Thinking Like a (Social) Marketer*
D4 Epidemiology Track Workshop:Tetanus and Diphtheria: Not in My Backyard?
D5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Developing Immunization Information Systems to Meet Immunization Program Core Functions
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
M1 Break - Exhibit/Poster Viewing (Access Poster Abstracts Here)*
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
5P PLENARY SESSION (Health Communications Track): Effective Communication in an Emergency: From Vaccine Shortages to Pandemics
E1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Vaccine Management: Storage, Handling, and Accountability
E2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting: What's New What You Can Do, and All about the Flu (Vaccine)
E3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: READII ? Racial & Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative*
E4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: A Big Whoop: Current Challenges and New Directions for Pertussis in the United States
E5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Integration of Clinical and Management Systems for Immunization Registries*
E6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: Web-Based Access to Statewide Immunization Information System
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch (on Your Own)
Lunch Rounds
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
6P PLENARY SESSION (Programmatic Track): The Programmatic Challenges of Implementing New Vaccines
F1 Health Communications Workshop: Using Community Partnerships to Promote Influenza Immunization*
F2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Poliomyelitis Eradication: Progress and Challenges in Moving Toward a Polio-Free World
F3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Immunization Laws, Regulations, and Other Predictors of Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunization among Nursing Home Residents in the U.S.*
F4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: Pertussis: an Amplifying Matter
F5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Linking an Immunization Information System to Vaccine for Children Program Operations*
F6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: New Vaccine Storage and Handling Education Products from the National Immunization Program
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Break - Exhibit/Poster Viewing
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
7P PLENARY SESSION (Epidemiology Track): New Vaccines and the Diseases They Prevent
G1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Accountability in the Vaccines for Children Program*
G2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: To Be Vaccinated or Not To Be: Immunization Exemptions*
G3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Vaccine Financing*
G4 Health Communications Track Workshop: Reaching African American Communities with Culturally-Appropriate Immunization Messages*
G5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Registry Partnerships: Collaboration Improves Outcomes*
G6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: Michigan Childhood Immunization Registry (MCIR)
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
Fitness Event

Wednesday, March 23, 2005
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Fitness Event - Walk/Run
7:00 AM-5:00 PM
Conference Registration
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
8P PLENARY SESSION (All Tracks): Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Polio Vaccine*
10:00 AM-11:00 AM
Break - Exhibit/Poster Viewing
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
9P PLENARY SESSION (Immunization Registries Track): Immunization Information Systems and Immunization Program Integration*
H1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Improving Your Vaccines for Children/AFIX Program to Improve Childhood Immunization Rates
H2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Progress in CDC's Anthrax Vaccine Safety Research ? An Update from the Vaccine Analytic Unit
H3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Adult High Risk Hepatitis Vaccination Update*
H4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: Progress with Varicella Surveillance
H5 Health Communications Track Workshop: A Glimpse inside Provider-Patient Immunization Encounters
H6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: Turning the TIDE on Immunization Delivery: Now with a New Storage and Handling Component
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Lunch (on Your Own)
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Immunization Q & A
2:00 PM-3:00 PM
10P PLENARY SESSION (Vaccine Safety Track): Working with the Public on Vaccine Safety*
I1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Immunization
I2 Health Communications Track Workshop: State and Local Communication Responses to the Influenza Vaccine Shortage, 2004?05: Lessons Learned in California
I3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: Inpatient Adult Immunization and Use of Standing Orders*
I4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: Challenges in Managing Varicella Outbreaks in the Era of High Vaccination Coverage
I5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Immunization Data Analysis with the Immunization Registry Sentinel Site Project*
I6 Computer-Based Application Demonstration: Integrated Information Management System for Public Health Agencies
3:00 PM-4:00 PM
Break - Exhibit/Poster Viewing
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
11P PLENARY SESSION (Adult Immunization Track): Evolving Issues in Adult Immunization*
J1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Avoiding the Influenza Frenzy in 2005: A Discussion of Lessons Learned at the Federal, State and Local Levels
J2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: You Call the Shots: Vaccine Administration Challenges*
J3 Health Communications Track Workshop: Developing Effective Print and Web-Based Immunization Communication Materials*
J4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: The Importance of Rubella and CRS Surveillance in a Post-Elimination Era
J5 Immunization Registries Track Workshop: Measuring Physician Compliance to Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Recommendations with Immunization Registries
6:00 PM-7:00 PM
Fitness Event

Thursday, March 24, 2005
7:00 AM-8:00 AM
Fitness Event
7:00 AM-11:00 AM
Conference Registration
9:00 AM-10:00 AM
12P PLENARY SESSION (Health Communications Track): Using Communication and Education to Change Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors*
K1 Programmatic Track Workshop: Assessing Local Immunization Needs: New Enhancements to the National Immunization Survey and Using Geographical Information Systems *
K2 Vaccine Safety Track Workshop: Mapping Complex Vaccine Adverse Events ? A Prelude to Conducting Vaccine Safety Research Using a Military Large Linked Surveillance Database
K3 Adult Immunization Track Workshop: State and Local Approaches to the 2004 Influenza Vaccine Supply Shortage*
K4 Epidemiology Track Workshop: Hepatitis A: Recent Trends and Impact of Vaccination
K5 Immunization Registries Track: Data Standards: Meeting the Demand for High Quality Data
10:00 AM-10:30 AM
Break