title: Best-practice models that work: the CDC's Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities Immunization Initiative (READII) Programs.
abstract: In this panel discussion, three health leaders provide information on techniques and approaches used to effectively implement the CDC's Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities Immunization Initiative (READII) Programs. Part 1 offers an overview of READII and information on early results and program accomplishments. In Part 2, the Mississippi READII initiative is explored, with insights on how this program has served 10,000 African Americans in inner-city Jackson, Mississippi as well 23,000 elderly African Americans in 18 rural Delta counties, said to be the poorest counties in the nation. The third segment of this presentation explains challenges and successes found in San Antonio, Texas where READII efforts focused on immunizing the city's elderly Hispanics. Readers will find lessons learned and plans for future expansion to use as models when considering implementation of immunization programs in local communities.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Tamara J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kicera
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Douglas
authors.forename: Fernando A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Guerra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D019985:Benchmarking; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D003256:Community Participation; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008922:Mississippi; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States