Prior to the implementation of Vaccines, Everyone, Everyday”, our emphasis was childhood vaccinations in our child and baby clinics. The other public health clinics run by our health department for adults-STD, Cancer Screening, and TB- historically did not focus on vaccination of adults. This program identifies adults who are NOT primarily seeking vaccination and introduces the opportunity.
Seemingly, many adults can get vaccinations at pharmacies, supermarkets, urgent care, and physicians offices. Adults without insurance (or finances) and adults who have vaccine hesitancy or other barriers to healthcare, can not take advantage of these opportunities. "Vaccines, Everyone, Everyday" is a solution to this access to care problem for many of our residents.
Vaccine program Data was collected electronically throughout the years of the program by the Nursing Division. The data collected was vaccine year, vaccine type, vaccines administered, along with other vaccine identifying and expiration data, from 2010 to 2020. The data was analyzed by the Health Dept Epidemiologist using summary statistics, column charts, scatter plot. The results stayed steadily increased over the 10 years, after an initial surge in 2010.
Our primary goal in the program Vaccines, Everyone, Everyday” was for 80% of the eligible adult population 19 and older receive their outstanding vaccinations. Over 90% of eligible adults who are asked about needed/missing vaccinations leave the clinic with one or more vaccines.
Objective 1: Implement a protocol where all clinical staff actively interview and education adult visitors regarding their vaccination status and recommend vaccines.
Objective 2: Marketing campaign-signs in multiple languages with information on available FREE adult vaccines at each clinic.
Objective 3: Roll out protocol to each of our health clinics.
Objective 4: contact/contract with free ride services to insure transportation to clinics.
All objectives were achieved. The initial program was implemented in child health clinics, STD and cancer screening (CEED) clinic. After success of these clinics, the program Vaccine Everyone, Everyday” was implemented in the TB program in 2018.
Despite vaccine preventable disease being relatively easy to control with vaccination, rates in adults for these disease has been consistently difficult to raise. The estimated financial burden for these diseases in Under vaccinated and unvaccinated adults has been estimated at $26.5 billion among persons aged 50 years and older for influenza, pneumococcal disease, herpes zoster, and pertussis. The Vaccines, Everyone, Everyday program has addressed some of the inequity and access problems by offering FREE vaccines at every visit, multiple languages, and sometimes free transportation. The success of the program means that 9 of every 10 people who walk in to the clinic today, walk out with one or more vaccines.