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Setting up a Successful Clinic in Your Community

Setting up a Successful Clinic in Your Community. Doug Shenson M.D. M.P.H. SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration). Why Vote & Vax?. More than 120 million Americans vote in national elections. Approximately 70% the voters are over age 50.

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Setting up a Successful Clinic in Your Community

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  1. Setting up a Successful Clinic in Your Community Doug Shenson M.D. M.P.H. SPARC (Sickness Prevention Achieved through Regional Collaboration)

  2. Why Vote & Vax? • More than 120 million Americans vote in national elections. • Approximately 70% the voters are over age 50. • Fewer than 40% of adults ages 50-64 receive an annual flu shot. • Polling places are mandated to be maximally accessible.

  3. Local Elections • When: Tuesday after the first Monday in November. • This year: November 6, 2012 • They may be run by counties, cities, or townships. • They observe strict regulations.

  4. Getting Started … Go to our website: www.voteandvax.org

  5. Next steps … • Download the Vote & Vax Resource Guide • Decide whether you would like to establish one or more Vote & Vax clinics at: • Polling sites (in close proximity) • Other community locations (senior center, etc.) • Retail outlets

  6. For clinics at polling sites … • Contact your local election authority. • • Search “local government” in phone book • • Consult the National Association of State Election Directors at www.nased.org • Educate yourself about local regulations.

  7. Choosing the Right Polling Place • Consider the need • • Which communities have low vaccination rates • Consider operational elements • • Is there parking? • • Is there registration space? • • Is mobility to and from the polling place easy?

  8. Outreach and Publicity • Flyers and posters • Public service announcements (PSAs) for radio and local cable TV • Press kits for local papers • Call-in radio show (be a guest—and bring a local election official)

  9. Vote & Vax Principles • No partisan political activities. • Not a “Get Out the Vote” initiative. • Not for the exclusive benefit of voters. • Clinic accessible after people have voted.

  10. Vote & Vax National Deployment: 2008

  11. Vote & Vax 2008: Reaching Black and Hispanic Participants Are Who Are Not Regular Flu Shot Recipients(Shenson D and Adams M. Vote & Vax: A National Program to Deliver Influenza Vaccinations at Polling Places. National Immunization Conference. Atlanta GA. April 2010 )

  12. Vote & Vax is smart … For the community. An effective way to extend protection to those who would not otherwise be vaccinated.

  13. Vote & Vax is smart … For providers. A valuable way to become better known in your community as a responsive and dependable sourceof health care services.

  14. Vote & Vax provides materials and technical assistance

  15. In 2008 Vote & Vax delivered 21,434 flu shots in 42 states and DC at 331 polling places. 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

  16. Specific questions? Visit www.voteandvax.org Watch the 4-5 minute Vote & Vax video on YouTube Contact Dr. Doug Shenson at dshenson@voteandvax.org or by calling (617) 796 - 7966

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