The 2009 National Immunization Conference (NIC) in Dallas, TX will have seven presentations from Immunization Branch staff among the hundreds from across the nation. Immunization Branch contributions will cover a diverse list of topics. Anyone traveling to this year’s NIC is encouraged to attend any of the following sessions:

•  “BEAT IT!”: A Flu Shot Contest to Promote Staff Influenza Immunization

(Jenny Bailey, Edgar Morales Ednacot, Nisha Gandhi, Deborah Starbuck, & Akon Walker)

• Brochure 2 Blog: Technology and the Changing Health Consumer Webcast Documentary and Online Exercise

(Edgar Ednacot, Tiffany Sutter, Lars Ullberg, Everly Macario, Natalie Nakahara, & John Reichel)

1. Determining Provider Compliance with Unannounced Study Visits

(John Shieh, Corinne Maloney, Vyla Chan, Carol Connell, Joey Chin, & Severino Paras)

1. eziz.org: The One-Stop-Shop for California VFC Providers                                                                          (Leslie Heyden & Natalie Nakahara)

• HPV Vaccination in Young Adult Women in California—2007

(Eileen Yamada, Nisha Gandhi, and Robert Schechter)

• Parental Refusal of Immunoprophylaxis for Infants of Hepatitis B-Infected Mothers

(Kathy Harriman, Kathleen Winter, Carol Sparks, Rina Shaikh, John Talarico, & Howard Backer)

• Storage and Handling: New Guidelines for VFC Providers

(Claudia Aguiluz, Wendi Cate, Natalie Nakahara, & Maria Volk)

Those unable to attend the NIC may wish to mark their calendars for a special CDC-sponsored teleconference, "Evaluating California’s Web-Based Training for Medical Assistants" held on February 19 at 11:00am. This program, presented by Branch Training Specialist Leslie Heyden, will highlight California’s best practice model for evaluation. For information on registering for this event, see the Upcoming Events table.