Making the connections Washington families need to be healthy. STATEWIDE E-LEARNING SURVEY RESULTS
Survey Background • Group Health Foundation funded WithinReach to assess immunization educational needs of rural health partners and design accredited e-courses based on these needs. • We developed a comprehensive survey to inform the direction and development of our e-courses.
Survey administered throughout the month Healthcare providers 95 excluding school of May personnel 199 171 School nurses and 76 Total “Complete”* other school respondents respondents personnel *Complete = filled out at least one response past the demographic questions; does not mean they answered all questions
95 Healthcare providers excluding school personnel
1 response 2 responses 3 responses 4 responses 40 5 responses 30 6+ responses 20 10 0 Urban Suburban Rural Other
Organizations by Category 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Government FQHC Health Board Tribal Health Private Healthcare Other Organization provider/clinic
Demographics of Patients Served Age Immigration Status 80 90 80 70 70 60 60 50 50 40 30 40 20 30 10 0 20 10 0 0-18 yrs 19-64 yrs 65+ yrs
Demographics of Patients Served (cont.) Language Race/Ethnicity 100 90 90 80 70 80 60 70 50 60 40 50 30 40 20 30 10 20 0 10 0 English Spanish Russian Somali Vietnamese Ukrainian Chinese Other Korean Tagalog
Current Immunization Activities 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Make immunization recommendations Administer Immunizations Send immunization reminders to patients Urban Social media outreach Suburban Immunization clinics on evenings/weekends Rural Partner with schools Immunization screenings at every visit Travel immunizations
Organizational Barriers/Challenges 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Immunization Reimbursements Vaccine Hesitancy Incomplete/Missing Immunization Records Difficulty Understanding Immz. Recommendations Urban Suburban Difficulty with International Records Rural Immunizing at sick visits/missed opportunities Vaccine supply, storage, and handling
Patient Barriers/Challenges 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Cultural and/or religious beliefs Poor understanding of vaccine value Language/translation difficulties Urban Insurance logistics Suburban Transportation to clinic visits Rural Availability/scheduling of Immz. appts Lack of affordable adult vaccines Difficulty discerning true/false vax. Information
Proposed E-Course Topics 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Cultural barriers for disparate populations Successful strategies for patient recall/reminders Taking advantage of missed opportunities Storage & handling of vaccines Making a strong recommendation for vaccines Understanding immz schedules & recommendations Urban Preventing vaccine administration errors Suburban School & childcare immunization topics in WA Rural Interpreting international immz. Records and follow-up Vaccine promotion, education, and immunization culture Promote immunizations in the workplace
76 School nurses and other school personnel
1 response 2 responses 3+ responses 40 30 20 10 0 Urban Suburban Rural Other
Demographics of Patients Served Immigration Status Age 70 80 60 70 50 60 40 50 30 20 40 10 30 0 20 10 0 0-18 yrs 19-64 yrs
Demographics of Patients Served (cont.) Language Race/Ethnicity 80 80 70 70 60 60 50 50 40 40 30 30 20 10 20 0 10 0 English Spanish Somali Russian Vietnamese Chinese Ukrainian Korean Tagalog Other
Current Immunization Activities 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Make immunization recommendations Administer Immunizations Send immunization reminders to patients Urban Social media outreach Suburban Immunization clinics on evenings/weekends Rural Immunization screenings at every visit Travel immunizations
Organizational Barriers/Challenges 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Immunization Reimbursements Vaccine Hesitancy Incomplete/Missing Immunization Records Urban Difficulty Understanding Immz. Recommendations Suburban Difficulty with International Records Rural Immunizing at sick visits/missed opportunities
Patient Barriers/Challenges 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Cultural and/or religious beliefs Poor understanding of vaccine value Language/translation difficulties Urban Insurance logistics Suburban Transportation to clinic visits Rural Availability/scheduling of Immz. appts Lack of affordable adult vaccines Difficulty discerning true/false vax. Information
Proposed E-Course Topics 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Cultural barriers for disparate populations Successful strategies for patient recall/reminders Urban Taking advantage of missed opportunities Suburban Storage & handling of vaccines Making a strong recommendation for vaccines Rural Understanding immz schedules & recommendations Preventing vaccine administration errors School & childcare immunization topics in WA Interpreting international immz. Records and follow-up Vaccine promotion, education, and immunization culture Promote immunizations in the workplace
Develop More Next Step: E-Courses! • Vaccine Hesitancy • Strategies and best practices for improving immunization rates
Thank You! A special thank you to Trang Kuss and Pat DeHart at DOH for their expertise in survey development, data collection, and formulation of next steps. If you have questions about this material or would like a specific sub-analysis to be conducted, contact Izzy Brandstetter, MPH: izzyb@withinreachwa.org
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