Immunization
Be a vaccine champion.
Whether you’re looking for answers or need practical tools, the KAAP network can help.
Access the information you need on vaccines, from past webinars and vaccination schedules to helpful tips for making the process easier for kids. Stay informed with our monthly immunization newsletter, expert guidance, WebIZ technical assistance, and explore a variety of resources and references designed to keep you up to date.
Resources
Increasing Childhood Immunizations QI Project – Enrolling Now!
KAAP invites you to participate in a quality improvement project to understand and improve your individual patient immunization rates.
Infographics and Discussion Guides
American Academy of Pediatrics Immunization Recommendations
All Immunization Recommendations
Vaccine Safety & Benefits
The Facts on Vaccine Safety – Thimerosal (Mercury) in Childhood Vaccines
Since 2001, with the exception of some influenza (flu) vaccines, thimerosal is not used as a preservative in routinely recommended childhood vaccines.
Listed below are some websites that will give you information to answer your questions like why do children get so many shots and how do I know that vaccines are safe?
Vaccine Fears Overturned By Facts:
Vaccines save lives, but misinformation can cause fear and hesitancy. The Vaccine Fears Overturned by Facts Booklet, by Immunize Kansas Coalition and Back to the Vax creators Heather Simpson and Lydia Greene, counters vaccine myths with facts and personal stories. Designed for parents, needle-fearful individuals, and clinicians, it supports informed vaccination decisions. Read more: Vaccine Fears Overturned By Facts
Vaccines for Children Program
The Vaccines For Children (VFC) program helps ensure that all children have a better chance of getting their recommended vaccinations on schedule, which means healthier children, families, and communities. VFC is a federally funded program that provides vaccines at no cost to eligible children through VFC-enrolled health care providers.
Benefits
- Saves your patients out of pocket costs because the vaccines are free.
- Allows you to charge an admin fee to offset your cost of doing business.
- Covers all ACIP recommended vaccines.
- Enhances all services you provide relative to EPSDT.
- You no longer have to refer patients to public health to get their vaccines.
- Helps to build your business by providing badly needed government services to patients in need.
Free Training Modules to Improve Immunization Rates
Protecting Kansans with Immunization
Estimated time to complete: 10-15 minutes
Audience: General
The purpose of this quick module is to introduce you to the importance of immunizations, the risk of vaccine-preventable diseases, and why maintaining state childhood vaccination policies is crucial to the health of children, pregnant women, and adults.
More about Protecting Kansans with Immunization
Preventing Flu
Estimated time to complete: 15 minutes
Audience: Healthcare Providers and Teams
In this module we’ll detail the burden of influenza disease, explore Kansas’ immunization rates, and dive into recommended methods for increasing immunization rates in your office. You’ll also practice giving patients succinct and accurate answers to some common flu vaccine questions.
Shutting the Door on HPV Cancers
Estimated time to complete: 25-30 minutes
This is a 0.5-hour Continuing Education (CE) activity. CE is cost free and available for physicians, pharmacists, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
After taking this module you will be able to:
- Explain why HPV vaccine is important enough to be routinely recommended for young people (i.e., HPV cancer prevention).
- Give an HPV vaccination recommendation that is effective and succinct using the same way, same day approach to the introduction of HPV vaccine.
- Answer the most frequently asked questions about HPV vaccine accurately and succinctly.
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The Best Shot at Keeping Your Child in Preschool
It can take up to 13 weeks for the youngest kids to build up the most protection from the COVID-19 vaccine. Help keep your child healthy and in preschool by choosing to vaccinate now. Call today to schedule your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Best Shot at Keeping Your Child in the Game
It can take up to 13 weeks for the youngest kids to build up the most protection from the COVID-19 vaccine. Help keep your child healthy and in the game by choosing to vaccinate now. Call today to schedule your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
The Best Shot at Keeping Your Child on Stage
It can take up to 13 weeks for the youngest kids to build up the most protection from the COVID-19 vaccine. Help keep your child healthy and on stage by choosing to vaccinate now. Call today to schedule your child’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Immunize Kansas Coalition Vaccine-Preventable Disease Graphics