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Alabama Adolescent And Adult Vaccination Task Force
The purpose of the Alabama Adolescent and Adult Vaccine Task Force, or A3VTF, is to bring together organizations with a common goal to increase Alabama adolescent and adult vaccination rates, with a specific focus on the HPV vaccine.
Member Organizations
The A3VTF features members from different organizations throughout the state.
- Alabama Cancer Society
- Alabama Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
- Alabama Department of Public Health: Immunization Division, Cancer Division, and Dental Health
- Alabama State Department of Education
- Alabama Medicaid Agency
- Alabama Pharmacy Association
- Alabama Vaccine Advisory Committee
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
- American Pharmacy Cooperative
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Children's of Alabama
- Fairhope Pediatrics
- Franklin Primary Care Center
- GSK
- HNH Immunizations Inc.
- Human Rights Watch
- Laura Crandall Brown Foundation
- Merck
- Mitchell Cancer Institute
- Sanofi Pasteur
- University of Alabama
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of South Alabama
- University of South Alabama Family Medicine Residency
- VAX 2 STOP CANCER
2023-2024 Quarterly Meeting Schedule
The A3VTF meetings are held quarterly on 4th Tuesdays from 10:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
- Tuesday, October 24, 2023
- Tuuesday, January 23, 2024
- Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Tuesday, July 23, 2024
2024 Educational Webinars
Link to Cancer Prevention
Resources
- CDC Alabama HPV Vaccination Report May 2019
- How I Recommend Videos: Tips for HPV provider recommendations
- Quality Improvement Strategies
- Recommending HPV Vaccine Successfully
- State HPV Data Summary
- Talking to Parents about HPV Vaccine
- Top 10 Tips for HPV Vaccination Success
- Vaccination in Rural Communities
Research
- AAP - HPV Legislation v.s. Sexual Behaviors of Adolescents
- American Cancer Society - HPV Vaccine Endorsement
- CDC - MMWR - HPV Associated Cancer Trends
- CDC - MMWR - HPV Vaccination Coverage Report
- HRW- Young People, Sexual Health Education, and HPV in Alabama
Infographics
- HPV - Take a Shot at Cancer
- HPV Vaccination - Just the Facts for Parents
- HPV & Dentistry - The Connection
Recommended Vaccines for Adolescents
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Alabama State Policy
- 2018 SJR 113 Alabama State Department of Education encourages all schools to participate in a school-based vaccination clinic.
AAP and AAFP's Lessons Learned
- HPV Continuous Quality Improvement Project.
- Educating all staff and providers about HPV is important.
- Practices learned multiple ways to deliver a strong message.
- Acute visit HPV vaccination increased rates without increasing visit time for most practices.
- Selecting an effective reminder/recall method is practice specific.
- Some parents remain reluctant to vaccinate.
- Quality improvement is not hard once started and efforts improve other care areas.
- Practices plan to utilize ADPH AFIX reports to sustain gains.
UAB's Conclusions
- Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluation of Pediatricians Attitudes and Barriers to HPV Vaccination.
- Most common system barriers are the infrequency of routine adolescent visits, lack of HPV required for school attendance, and patients not completing the series.
- Most common patient barriers are belief in the link between sex and vaccine, and vaccine safety.
- Best Messaging strategy was focused on cancer prevention.
- Strategies to increase vaccine rates include provider and clinic staff education and recall/reminder systems.
- Physician recommendations are the most influential factor for parents to decide to allow vaccines to be administered.
Meeting Minutes
- Meeting Minutes-October 12,2021
- Meeting Minutes- July 28, 2020
- Meeting Minutes - October 22, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Young Pierce-USA Mitchell Cancer Institute-HPV Cancer Update
Dr. Wharton-CDC-NCIRD-Improving HPV Vaccination Coverage
-- Talking to Parents about HPV Vaccine - Meeting Minutes- June 11, 2019
-- ADPH Healthcare Systems, Insurers, and Medical Associations HPV Cancer and Vaccine Education Letter - Families United to Stop HPV (VAX 2 STOP CANCER)
- HPV Vaccine Survey Results Summary
- Meeting Minutes - March 12, 2019
- Adolescent Vaccine Rate per County
- Meeting Minutes - August 31, 2018
- Meeting Minutes - May 24, 2018
- Adolescent Revenue Opportunity for HPV Vaccine
- Sports Physical Conversion Tool
HPV Workshop Team Action Plan for Alabama
This document was created at an HPV Roundtable and is designed to support efforts to achieve increased Adolescent vaccination rates and HPV completion.
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Data Work Group
Page last updated: April 19, 2024