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Vote & Vax: Protecting Americans from the Flu and Keeping Our Nation Healthy
A network of local public health providers offers convenient flu vaccinations at polling places across the country on Election Day, targeting those over 50 who, according to the CDC, should receive an annual flu shot.
Published: July 28, 2009
Vote & Vax
A collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration), Vote & Vax works with local public health providers to assist them in launching vaccination clinics at or near polling places across the country. By demonstrating an innovative approach to a significant public health challenge, Vote & Vax is a model for dealing quickly and effectively with future public health emergencies.
Since its first multistate program in 2004, Vote & Vax has helped provide thousands of influenza vaccinations to at-risk Americans. Vote & Vax significantly expanded its efforts in 2008, ultimately delivering more than 21,000 influenza vaccinations at 331 locations in 42 states and the District of Columbia. Of those vaccinated through the project, almost half (47.7%) were "new" recipients, meaning they had either not received a flu shot in the preceding year or would not have otherwise been vaccinated.
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- The Vote and Vax Program (Journal articles)
- SPARC - Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration (RWJF Anthology)
- Vote & Vax: Seizing an Opportunity for a Public Health Intervention (Grantee profiles)
- Vote & Vax 2008 (Toolkits)
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Listed below is one grant that supported this project.
| Grant | Awarded to | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Increasing vaccination clinics at polling places and establishing Vote and Vaccinate as a routine, predictable public health practice |
Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration Inc. (Lakeville, CT) ID#: 63123 Douglas Shenson, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. 617-796-7966 dshenson@sparc-health.org |
Actual award: $746,350 November 2007 to November 2009 |
RWJF may have supported this project with other grants that are not listed.
The Vote and Vax Program
Publication date:
March 21, 2008
Summary:
Although influenza-related illness is a major cause of hospitalizations and deaths among the elderly, only half of adults 50 years and older receive influenza vaccines each year. The Vote and Vax program, which administers vaccines to older Americans at polling...
SPARC - Sickness Prevention Achieved Through Regional Collaboration
By:
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Publication date:
2007
Summary:
This chapter of the Anthology provides a close look at an innovative community-level program and the individuals who have worked to improve health locally.
Vote & Vax: Seizing an Opportunity for a Public Health Intervention
Publication date:
October 24, 2008
Summary:
Vote & Vax presents an opportunity to marshal public health agencies to provide flu vaccinations to everyone, including populations not easily reached with preventive medicine.
Vote & Vax 2008
Publication date:
January 15, 2008
Summary:
Vote & Vax is a winning strategy for health care providers and their communities, providing vaccines to protect vulnerable populations against the flu. About half of adults 50 years of age and older fail to receive their annual flu vaccination. Since this...
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