They use a variety of strategies including rewards, such as ringing a gong, toy prizes, and drawings for gift cards, and health communications techniques to engage and encourage vaccination with patients and families. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Family Health Center has been doing quality improvement projects to increase HPV vaccination rates (their work has been recognized by JHF as a past Fine Award Winner). The Health Center completed HPV vaccinations for 81.6% of their adolescent patients last year, including improvement for males in receiving their first doses (91.8%) and overall improvement for males and females in completing second or third doses. Their secret? A coloring contest, another engagement tool added to their existing array of creative approaches to promote adolescent vaccines.įor years, UPMC St. In 2020, Ann McGaffey, MD and her team at the Health Center saw their highest HPV vaccination rates to date. Margaret Bloomfield-Garfield Family Health Center. Youth and adolescent vaccinations may have decreased nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not at the UPMC St. McGaffey with the Health Center gong and a submitted coloring page
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