The Oregon Immunization Program provides technical assistance to vaccine providers. Our staff members offer education and quality improvement for both private and public practices. Additionally, the Program regularly circulates the latest information that is so important to maintaining a top-quality immunization practice.
The Immunization Program's primary areas of emphasis are: childhood, adolescent and adult immunizations; disease surveillance; outreach and education; statewide vaccine distribution; consumer information; and population assessement, as well as management to eligible private providers, county health departments, state and delegate agencies; and enforcing school immunization law.
Mission: As public health professionals we will continue to enhance the quality of life in Oregon by:
- Preventing and mitigating vaccine-preventable disease through immunization;
- Managing immunization; and
- Identifying and promoting evidence-based public health best practices.
Program Efforts
Oregon Immunization ALERT is a statewide immunization information system, which was developed to achieve complete and timely immunization of all Oregonians. ALERT collects immunization data from public and private health care providers and links the data to provide accurate and up-to-date records.
The Vaccines for Children Program (VFC) supplies federally purchased vaccines for immunizing eligible children in public and private practices - at no cost to participating health care providers. Oregon's VFC Program was designed by a coalition of private and public sector health care professionals. The program aims to help Oregon reach its goal of having 90 percent of our children up-to-date with their immunization series by age two.
Oregon Partnership to Immunize Children facilitates the collaboration of public and private partners to protect Oregon's children against vaccine-preventable diseases.
The Oregon Adult Immunization Coalition, a statewide network of health and community partners, promotes prevention and control of vaccine-preventable disease through immunization of adults in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Immunization School/Facility Law Advisory Committee
Advises the Oregon Immunization Program on the laws requiring immunizations to protect children and students attending our schools, children's facilities and colleges/universities against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Committee makes recommendations regarding proposed changes, implementation, and maintenance of immunization statutes and rules.
IPAT - Immunization Policy Advisory Team
The Oregon Department of Human Services Immunization Policy Advisory Team (IPAT), established in 1999, advises the Oregon Public Health Immunization Program on the development, prioritization and implementation of immunization policy issues. Composed of 18 voting members who are experts in immunization and/or policy fields and non-voting members from the Department of Human Services, IPAT strives to facilitate a sound, collaborative decision-making process around immunization issues facing Oregonians.
Perinatal Hepatitis B Program - The perinatal hepatitis B program works to support local health departments as they take the lead role in coordinating perinatal hepatitis B prevention activities in their respective jurisdictions. The program also ensures that all maternity patients are screened for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and that infants born to HBsAg positive mothers are given the proper biologicals at birth.
