Back to School! Vaccines! And Exemption Forms
Maria Huang, MD, FAAP, WCAAP Vaccine Committee Co-Chair As much as we would love all WA kids to be fully immunized, we know there remains a sizable vaccine hesitant population. […]
Vaccines
HPV Vax at 9: A Look at Rural Communities
Sherri Zorn, MD This year, as part of WCAAP (Washington Chapter AAP), we received $25,000 in grant funding from AAP to develop an HPV Project for Rural communities. We developed […]
“Trust the Facts, Get the Vax”-Lucy M., 2023
Sophia O’Hara, Program Manager This year, WCAAP partnered with two, ninth-grade Foss High School biology classes to promote vaccine literacy and vaccination rates among adolescents. Students completed a unit on […]
Opportunity to Increase HPV Vaccination in Rural Washington Starting at Age 9
A Rapid and Practical Quality Improvement Project, Sponsored by the Washington Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics “HPV Vax at 9” works in rural communities! Our first cohort of […]
March 2023 Vaccine Corner
Maria Huang, MD, FAAP Happy March! In like a lion, out like a lamb lion…let’s continue our “roaring” efforts to improve immunization rates for Washington kids! Needle anxiety is a […]
WCAAP Can Help Improve Your Vaccination Rates
Join our 2023 WA-CHIP Immunizations Learning Collaborative WCAAP’s child health improvement partnership (WA-CHIP) can help your clinic improve child and adolescent vaccines in ways we know are efficient AND effective. […]
WA-CHIP Immunizations Learning Collaborative: Seeking Clinics for our 5th Cohort
Our fifth cohort of the WA-CHIP Immunizations Learning Collaborative is kicking off April 2023 and we are seeking clinics in King County in areas with a high social vulnerability index […]
DOH to Encourage HPV Vaccination at Age 9
Jamilia Sherls-Jones, DNP, MPH, RN, CPN, CDPDirector, Office of ImmunizationDivision of Prevention and Community HealthWashington State Department of Health In July 2022, the Vaccine Advisory Committee passed a motion to […]
Your Input Needed: Vaccine Access Survey
WCAAP has been hearing from partners at the Department of Health, Public Health – Seattle & King County, and some of our members that current access for children and teens […]
WA-CHIP Working to Increase Vaccinations
Washington’s child health improvement partnership, WA-CHIP, which is led by WCAAP, is working on multiple fronts to improve child health. The First Year Families arm of the partnership focuses on […]