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SDIC Summits
The San Diego Immunization Coalition hosts summits biannually.
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2025 Kick the Flu+2 Summit
Call for Abstracts!
2025 Spring Summit
Potential Topics
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Strategies to address vaccine hesitancy
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Effective communication and outreach
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Health education and promotion
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Targeted efforts for communities with low vaccine rates
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Community engagement efforts
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Building trust in clinical settings
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Research or innovative methods to improve vaccination rates
Important Dates
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Abstract submission opens: May 9, 2025
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Submission deadline: June 27, 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
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Notification of acceptance: By July 11, 2025
Submission Intsructions
Abstracts should be no more than 600 words and include:
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Title
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Objectives (3-4)
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Keywords (3)
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Background
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Methods/Approach (including target population)
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Outcomes/Results
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Conclusion/Takeaways
Join our annual hybrid Spring Summit: "Sowing the Seeds of Vaccine Confidence – Building Trust for a Healthier Future." This event will focus on strengthening vaccine confidence, fostering community dialogue, and combating misinformation on pre-teen vaccinations.
*Nursing CEUs and CHES Credits will be provided
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Dr. Ken Hempstead, MD, FAAP - Primary Care Pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente Northern California
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Dr. Mark Beatty, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACPM - Assistant Medical Director with the Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch of the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
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Danelle Wallace, MPH – Senior Epidemiologist with the Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch of the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
We are thrilled to welcome our panelist speakers: Dr. Ken Hempstead, a Pediatrician from Kaiser Permanente and Dr. JAM Abdul-Mutakabbir, a Pharmacist from the University of California San Diego, and Candace Gyure, a school nurse from San Diego Unified School District. These speakers will offer further perspectives on this year's vaccine hesitancy and confidence discussion.
SPEAKERS:
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Spring Summit 2025
Recording
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2024 Kick the Flu +2 Summit
Please join for our hybrid 20th Annual Kick the Flu + 2 San Diego Immunization Coalition Summit
"A Call to Arms"!
on Thursday, 8/29/24, from 12:30 – 4:00 PM at the County Operations Center - Chambers,
5520 Overland Ave, San Diego, CA 92123.
*Nursing CEUs and CHES Credits will be provided
Speakers:
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Robert Schechter, MD, MPH - Chief, Immunization Branch, California Department of Public Health
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Dr. Pia Pannaraj, MD, MPH - Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at UCSD and President of California Immunization Coalition
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Danelle Wallace, MPH – Senior Epidemiologist with the Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch of the County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency
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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS - Infectious Disease Epidemiologist and Science Communicator
We are thrilled to welcome three panelist speakers: Glory Nagtalon, a nurse from Kaiser Permanente, Heather Simpson from Back to the Vax, and pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Pia Pannaraj from UCSD. These speakers will offer further perspectives on this year's vaccine hesitancy discussion.
Part 1 - 2024 - KTF2 Recording
Recording - Part 1
Part 2 - 2024 - KTF2 Recording
Recording - Part 2
PowerPoint