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Emerging Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and produce early results that are consistent with the objectives of the activities and thus indicate effectiveness.
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Press Release
This press release announces a campaign launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment to send texts and emails to parents of children aged 5-11 who are due for their next COVID vaccine. It provides parents with context about the importance of the vaccine. The Colorado Immunization Information System, which was set up prior to the COVID-19 pandemic but now includes COVID-19 vaccinations, is used to identify which children are due for an additional vaccination.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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White Paper/Brief
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is encouraging higher vaccination rates at nursing homes. Vaccinations are required to be offered at nursing homes, yet the overall vaccination rate is below 50%. The article provides recommendations for ways nursing homes can increase vaccinations by education, communication with residents and their families, and creating action plans for individual residents. It stresses the importance of keeping treatment medications at nursing facilities.
Best Practices that show evidence of effectiveness in improving public health outcomes when implemented in multiple real-life settings, as indicated by achievement of aims consistent with the objectives of the activities.
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White Paper/Brief
The article describes hyper-local vaccine approaches to address COVID-19 vaccine disparities. The Equity-First Vaccine initiative is funded by The Rockefeller Foundation and provides support to 5 anchor sites across the U.S. to support community based organizations in implementing hyper-local vaccine approaches. These approaches are designed to reach communities facing vaccine disparities, through 5 key strategies: information, physical accessibility, trustworthiness, technology, and cost. A discussion of needs to increase sustainability is also included in the article, and covers topics like policy leadership, funding, technical assistance, and access to data.
Novel Practices that show potential to achieve desirable public health outcomes in a specific real-life setting and are in the process of generating evidence of effectiveness or may not yet be tested.
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White Paper/Brief
This report is part of a collaboration between Phreesia, a health care technology firm, the Commonwealth Fund, and Harvard University researchers. The authors of the report interviewed primary care providers at practices that use Phreesia technology and have taken part in vaccination campaigns about the barriers and challenges they encountered to participating in these campaigns. The article offers take-aways for policymakers and other providers on how to reduce barriers to vaccination in primary care, which will be critical to promoting COVID-19 vaccine uptake in future years. The practice strategy this article is focused on is promoting vaccine access and uptake.