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Stay Vaccinated Post Card for Parents

In partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics - Colorado Chapter and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Immunize Colorado developed communications materials, including a flyer and post card, urging parents to stay up to date with their child's vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as families prepare to head back to school in the fall. These materials are available to school nurses and child cares to give to their facilities' parents, but can also be deployed by immunization clinics, health departments, doctors offices, etc.

Stay Vaccinated Flyer for Parents

In partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics - Colorado Chapter and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), Immunize Colorado developed communications materials, including a flyer and post card, urging parents to stay up to date with their child's vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as families prepare to head back to school in the fall. These materials are available to school nurses and child cares to give to their facilities' parents, but can also be deployed by immunization clinics, health departments, doctors offices, etc.

Colorado Pediatric Provider Toolkit: Caring for Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Now more than ever, Immunize Colorado is committed to maintaining the health and safety of Colorado’s children and supporting pediatric health care providers in their efforts to provide safe, effective care during this unprecedented time. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that caring for children comes with new challenges, including combatting the virus itself while still addressing ongoing child health-related issues among patients. AAP Colorado, Immunize Colorado, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment strongly support the continued provision of health care, including vaccination, for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an effort to support providers and their patients during these challenging times, our organizations have produced the Colorado Pediatric Provider Toolkit, complete with modifiable templates for providers.

2020 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Report (Volume 1)

Prepared by pediatricians and researchers from the Department of Epidemiology at Children’s Colorado, the report provides an analysis of the level of vaccine protection in Colorado’s children based on the most recent National Immunization Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Colorado Hospital Association inpatient and emergency department data. The March installment of the 2020 Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Report examines 2018 data on vaccine-preventable diseases in Colorado, highlights the latest updates involving measles cases in our state, and emphasizes the immense coordinated public health effort required to respond to cases of vaccine-preventable disease. The report concludes that significant gaps in vaccine protection exist for our state’s children.

2019 Legislative District Immunization Fact Sheets and Dashboards

Want to learn more about immunization coverage in your community? The Legislative District Fact Sheets provide important data on childhood immunization coverage to help consituents in each legislative district understand the level of vaccine protectionin their community and identify areas for improvement.

How to Protect Yourself Against Hepatitis A

Colorado is one of 30 states to experience a widespread hepatitis A outbreak. Since the start of the outbreak there have been over 300 reported cases and two deaths (as of January 2020). To help curb the outbreak and facilitate disease prevention, Immunize Colorado is partnering with CDPHE and other community partners to conduct an education and outreach campaign. The campaign includes various materials, including this fact sheet, that explain how to best protect against hepatitis A through vaccination.

Video: How to Protect Yourself Against Hepatitis A

Colorado is one of 30 states to experience a widespread hepatitis A outbreak. Since the start of the outbreak in there have been over 300 reported cases and two deaths (as of January 2020). To help curb the outbreak and facilitate disease prevention, Immunize Colorado is partnering with CDPHE and other community partners to conduct an education and outreach campaign. The campaign includes various materials, including this educational video, which explain how to protect yourself from hepatitis A through vaccination.

Measles: Management in School and Child Care Settings

This one-page fact sheet from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Enviornment is meant to help school nurses and administrators, as well as those in child care settings, understand what measles is and how to manage it in their schools and child care facilities.

Immunization in Colorado: 2019 Fact Sheet

CCIC has compiled a snapshot of state-level facts and figures as a quick reference tool offering insight into Colorado’s immunization coverage, disease risk and burden, vaccination policy, and resources and suggestions for acting to improve immunization access and coverage rates. This comprehensive overview highlights key data related to immunization, exemption and compliance rates, as well as the burden and costs associated with various vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) experienced in our state. Please feel free to share this among your colleagues, parents, patients and the community as a reminder of the importance of maintaining high vaccination rates to prevent serious and costly disease.

Immunity Community Honor Roll: Recognition of Schools With High Immunization Coverage

Using data from the 2018-19 school year reported by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, CCIC is recognizing schools that report exceptional vaccination rates through the Immunity Community Honor Roll. For a school to achieve “gold status”, and therefore be listed on the Immunity Community Honor Roll, it must report vaccination rates at or above 95% for DTaP, HepB, MMR, Polio and Varicella and 80% for Tdap for schools that that have 6th grade or higher, when Tdap is required. For a school district to be listed on the honor roll, all schools in the district must achieve gold status. Only 31 school districts in Colorado (18%) achieved gold status. See more information on the Immunity Community Honor Roll fact sheet and contact us for more information.