Meeting Presentations and Speakers
SESSION ONE: INTRODUCTION
- Keynote: Seasonal Flu Immunization: Protecting Patients and Healthcare Workers
Donald Wright, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, DHHS - ACIP Update — School-Aged Children and Other Changes or Issues
Anthony E. Fiore, CDC
SESSION TWO: USING DATA, TARGETING SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS AND OTHER WAYS TO INCREASE COVERAGE IN 2008-2009
- Recent Monthly Influenza Vaccine Uptake Data and the New School-Age ACIP Recommendation
Gary L. Euler, CDC - New Jersey Regulations Requiring Annual Influenza Vaccinations of Children Attending Pre-School and Licensed Day Care Centers
Eddy A. Bresnitz, New Jersey Dept of Health and Senior Services - National Influenza Vaccination Week (NIVW)
Alan P. Janssen, CDC - Messages for Target Audiences: Lessons Learned from the “Faces of Influenza” Campaign
Bernadette A. Toomey, American Lung Association - Children’s Influenza Immunization Coalition (CIIC)
William Shaffner for Carol Baker, National Foundation for Infectious Diseases - Insights from Claims Data Study
David P. Greenberg, sanofi pasteur
AFTER DINNER PRESENTATIONS
Summit Awards
- “Stop Flu at School”
Paul V. Effler, State of Hawaii Dept of Health - Video: Soccer Moms Talk about Influenza Vaccination
Paul V. Effler, State of Hawaii Dept of Health - RISE—HCW–Western Pennsylvania
David A. Nace, Univ of Pittsburgh - Department of Defense Seasonal Influenza Activities
Wayne E. Hachey, DoD
Manufacturers Projections for the 2008-2009 Season
- MedImmune
Kathleen L. Coelingh - sanofi-pasteur
William L. Averbeck - CSL Biotherapies
Ronan Gannon - Novartis
John K. Dorsey - Video: Share the Love, Not the Flu
John K. Dorsey - GlaxoSmithKline
Mitchell D. Johnson
Distributers Overview for the 2008-2009 Season
- Healthcare Industry Distribution Association (HIDA)
Andrew E. Van Ostrand
SESSION THREE: INCREASING HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION TO INCREASE COVERAGE IN 2008-2009
- Occupational Medicine
Roslyn Stone, Corporate Wellness, Inc. - Family Medicine
Herbert F. Young, AAFP - Community Vacination
Steve Pellito, Maxim Health Systems - Pediatrics
Jennifer A. Shu, AAP - Internal medicine
Kim C. Dixon, ACP - Pharmacists
Mitchel C. Rothholz, APhA - Department of Health and Human Services
Bruce G. Gellin, NVPO, DHHS
SESSION FOUR: STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS TO INCREASE COVERAGE IN 2008-2009
- “I Believe That an Influenza Shot Can Give Me Influenza or Make Me Sick.”
Nancy L. Hughes, ANA - “I’m Strong, Healthy, Eat Well and Have A Strong Immune System. I frequently Wash and Sanitize My Hands, and Don’t Get Sick Despite Frequent Exposure to Sick Persons.”
David J. Weber, UNC _ Chapel Hill - “I Understand That the Vaccine Can Be Unsafe, Especially for My Baby.”
Patricia Stinchfield, NAPNAP - Marketing the Truth
Kristine M. Sheedy, CDC