Update on Routine Childhood Immunizations | April 28, 2021
Date of Presentation: April 28, 2021
In this presentation, Dr Thomas Weiser, MD, MPH, Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Service and Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, reviews childhood immunization rates, effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine pediatric and adolescent vaccine ordering and valuable tips to help improve vaccine coverage.
Presented by:
Dr. Tom Weiser
Thomas Weiser, MD, is the Medical Epidemiologist for the Portland Area Indian Health Service assigned to the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and NW Tribal Epidemiology Center. He has been with PHS since 1998, initially serving as an IHS Medical Officer in Whiteriver, Arizona from 1998-2005. He completed the CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service from 2005-2007. In addition to supporting general public health and epidemiologic research at the NW Tribal Epidemiology Center, Tom is also the Co-Chair of the Portland Area IHS Institutional Review Board. Nationally, he has served on the IHS Heroin, Opioids and Pain Efforts (HOPE) Committee as the Chair of the Metrics Sub-committee and since 2018 has served as the IHS ex-officio representative to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Resources Provided:
- Update on Routine Childhood Immunizations (Presentation Slides)
- Handouts for Patients & Staff (Immunization Action Coalition)
- Informed Parents for Healthy Kids (Boost Oregon)
- Make sure your child is up-to-date on vaccinations required for school (Immunity Community)
- Improving communication about vaccination (Public health, immunisation, human behaviour, health communication)
- Motivational Interviewing The Basics (SAMHSA)
- Clinical Q&A on the Covid-19 Vaccines (Northwest Native American Center of Excellence)
- Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Date added: April 28, 2021