Immunization Initiative 2012

The goal of the Immunization Initiative program is to support efforts to have at least 90.0 percent of New Jersey’s children (from birth through 18 yrs.) timely and appropriately immunized against all recommended vaccine preventable diseases. To assist in achieving this goal, our first objective will focus on gaining insights and data on current immunizations status and  increasing the awareness of primary health care providers about the importance of age appropriate childhood immunizations, identifying barriers and challenges to providing immunizations and defining and implementing strategies and best practices for improving immunization service delivery. 

The Immunization Initiative program is designed to work with both primary care practices and child care centers to raise awareness of the importance of age appropriate childhood immunizations.

• Orientation meetings to outline the role of the Immunization Initiative program for interested primary care practices and child care centers
• Establish and assess/reassess immunization status for a primary care practice’s two-year old and thirteen yr. old patient population
• Provide educational sessions, materials, and resources on topics including vaccine preventable diseases, immunization requirements and the NJ Immunization Information System (NJIIS).

Offer Practice Innovator meetings for participating practices to attend and obtain feedback on their immunization status, based on their own data, and to learn about and share strategies to improve practice

If you are a primary care provider or a child care provider and would like to participate in this program, please contact Judith Grandjean, Co-Director at jgrandjean@njpcore.org or phone 609-588-9988.

Do You Really Know the Up-to-Date Immunization Status of Your Adolescent Patients?  PCORE’s Immunization Initiative team can assist and support practices who are interested in assessing and understanding their adolescent (13 yr. old) immunization rates.  This valuable information can help your practice team evaluate your current well-care policies for this patient population. 

By following the easy data collection protocol, you will receive FREE site-specific reports, as well as feedback on strategies and opportunities to improve immunization coverage rates.

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity for your team to get a “snapshot” of the adolescent immunization rates in your practice! Please contact Program Co-Director, Judie Grandjean at jgrandjean@njpcore.org for more information.

Funded by New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Vaccine Preventable Disease Program