CDC Webinar – Adolescent Vaccines: How Pharmacists Can Make Strong Recommendations and Referrals
Webinar Held: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, from 1-2pm EDT
CPE Credit Available
Every year in the United States, 33,700 women and men are diagnosed with a cancer caused by HPV infection. HPV vaccination could prevent more than 90% of these cancers from ever developing. Yet HPV vaccine rates continue to lag behind other vaccines—only half of U.S. adolescents are up to date. Pharmacists are uniquely positioned to have a positive impact on HPV vaccine delivery, given that on average, a pharmacy is available within two miles of every home in the United States. Pharmacists can identify which vaccines preteens need and motivate parents to make an appointment with their child’s doctor to get vaccinated. In some states, pharmacists can administer HPV vaccine to preteens.
During this webinar, a pharmacist described how pharmacists can make effective HPV vaccine recommendations and referrals. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert described effective communication techniques and CDC educational resources for healthcare providers and parents.
Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Discuss the importance of adolescent vaccination for the individual and community
- Describe the role that pharmacists play within the adolescent immunization neighborhood
- Demonstrate strategies for pharmacists to use when making vaccine referrals
- Describe effective strategies when recommending adolescent vaccines and addressing caregivers’ vaccine concerns
- Describe effective HPV vaccine recommendations for patients age 11 or 12 years
- Identify reassuring, confident, and concise responses to parental questions about HPV vaccination
- Locate CDC HPV vaccine resources for healthcare providers and parents
Speakers:
- Suzanne Higginbotham, BS, PharmD, BCACP, Director of Center for Pharmacy Care, Residency Programs and Continuing Pharmacy Education, Duquesne University
- Ian Branam, MA, Health Communication Specialist, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, CDC
Disclosures:
Suzanne Higginbotham and Ian Branam declare no conflicts of interest or financial interests in any product or service mentioned in this activity, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria.
Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE) Credit Information:
The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education (CPE). This live, application-based activity,
Adolescent Vaccines: How Pharmacists Can Make Strong Recommendations and Referrals, is approved for 1 hour of CPE credit (0.1 CEU) for pharmacists. The ACPE Universal Activity Number for this activity is 0202-9999-19-170-L06-P. The attendance code, which is required to complete the evaluation and claim credit, will be announced during the webinar.
To obtain CPE credit for completing
Adolescent Vaccines: How Pharmacists Can Make Strong Recommendations and Referrals, participants will need to attend the live webinar on May 29, then login to
https://bit.ly/2LZOrKl beginning June 3 to complete the evaluation questions and CLAIM credit. NOTE: access to claim credit will not be available until June 3. An attendance code and detailed instructions on how to claim credit will be provided during the webinar. Participants need to have a valid pharmacist.com username and password to claim credit. After credit has been claimed, please visit CPE monitor for your transcript. Initial release date: May 29, 2019.
Registration Fee:There is no fee associated with this activity.
Contact:For more information, please contact Kathleen Amos at
kamos@phf.org.