The 2007 California Adult Immunization Summit: Moving Forward with Adult Immunizations

The 2007 California Adult Immunization Summit was held in Los Angeles, CA at The California Endowment, Center for Healthy Communities on Monday, April 30, 2007. The objectives of the 2007 Summit were to:

• Promote collaboration among key stakeholders to facilitate adult immunizations.
• Develop effective communication strategies among diverse agencies, organizations, and professional societies, health plans, health care providers and other groups involved in adult immunizations.
• Continue to lay the groundwork for future adult immunization initiatives.
• Improve awareness of the indications and best practices associated with new vaccines for use among adults.
• To describe new immunization legislation and to discuss implementation of this legislation in California.
• To describe and discuss issues, challenges, and opportunities associated with influenza vaccination efforts in California.

Our Summit Planning Committee developed a full-day with presentations and discussions on current immunization issues and practices. Planned topics included Herpes Zoster vaccine, adult immunization legislation, seasonal flu, immunizing health care workers, ethnic and regional health disparities, travel vaccines, 2007 National Adult Immunization Awareness Week, adolescent/young adult/adult vaccines, and pandemic flu preparedness. The Summit is sponsored by the California Adult Immunization Coalition (CAIC).

The 2007 Summit was chaired by Patricia G. Porter, RN, MPH, CHES (Integrating Medicine and Public Health (IMAP) Program) and Laura Peterson, MA (Kaiser Permanente).

2007 Summit Materials

• Interactive Agenda - contains links to keynote, plenary, and breakout session presentations, as well as summaries and roundtable discussion notes.
• Executive Summary - contains information on registrants, presentations and speakers, evaluations, and recommendations for future Summits.