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Organization: MSU Extension – Health and Nutrition Institute

Michigan State University Extension and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services have joined together to develop tools and training to help raise Michigan’s immunization rate and promote better health among all citizens. The Physician Peer Education Project on Immunization (PPEPI) has been vital to the education of members of the medical field. The PPEPI program travels throughout the state of Michigan giving immunization updates to practicing physicians and their staff at Grand Rounds, conferences and medical staff meetings. Upon request, we can process CME credits. Lectures include various topics such as:

• Adult immunizations (19+ years)
• Family practice immunizations (lifespan)
• Health care personnel recommendations
• Influenza immunizations
• OBGYN immunizations
• Pediatric immunizations (birth - 18 years)
• HPV immunizations

The PPEPI program relies on expert physician trainers to complete each of the lectures. These trainers are a very dedicated group of individuals who strive for improved immunization rates throughout Michigan.

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The Emily Stillman Foundation has a trifold mission. First we raise awareness for and encourage organ and tissue donation. Second, we educate about Meningococcal Disease, as well as all vaccine preventable diseases. Third, we advocate globally, for all health and wellness issues. Through our vaccine programs and partnerships with clinics, we ensure that vaccines are available to all people.

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The Emily Stillman Foundation has a trifold mission. First we raise awareness for and encourage organ and tissue donation. Second, we educate about Meningococcal Disease, as well as all vaccine preventable diseases. Third, we advocate globally, for all health and wellness issues. Through our vaccine programs and partnerships with clinics, we ensure that vaccines are available to all people.

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Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) is one of the nation’s leading comprehensive, integrated health systems and a 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient. Founded in 1915 by auto pioneer Henry Ford, HFHS is committed to improving the health and well-being of a diverse community.

The HFHS Department of Pediatrics includes over 50 board-certified physicians, providing nearly 200,000 patient visits each year throughout southeast Michigan. Its pediatricians provide services such as well-child checkups, immunizations, prevention, treatment of common childhood illnesses, and chronic disease management. The department also operates specialized programs designed to treat the unique needs of its patients.

The Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities provides diagnostic evaluations, specialized therapy, and a medical home standard of care. Let’s Get Healthy!, the department’s wellness program, uses a multidisciplinary approach to educate families as they reshape their thinking regarding food, nutrition, and exercise. The largely grant funded School-Based and Community Health Program operates a number of health centers and other wellness programs located in several Detroit area public schools with the goal of reducing barriers, such as access and cost, to primary medical and behavioral health care.

All of the Pediatrics Department ambulatory clinics and school-based health centers offer free immunizations to eligible patients through the Vaccines for Children Program. Medical staff operate under the premise of “no missed opportunities” when it comes to preventive care, which includes an assessment of patients’ immunization needs at every visit. The school-based health centers coordinate with their partnering schools to identify students who are at risk of school exclusion and work with those families to get their children up-to-date with all needed vaccines.

For more information on the programs and the services offered through the Pediatrics Department, please visit our website.

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UnitedHealthcare Community Plan is committed to promoting healthy living solutions to the most underserved of our citizens. UnitedHealthcare Community Plan serves more than 250,000 adults and children in the state. We have an extensive network of primary care providers, specialists, pharmacies and local hospitals that provide quality health care services in 65 counties across lower Michigan. We recognize that improving health outcomes extend beyond accessing medical doctors and facilities, we need to be engaged through community-based initiatives. Our reach has to address those barriers that systemically touch our members on their journey to health and wellness.

Our Community Relations department strives to meet the needs of existing members, as well as support the healthy initiatives of the community at large. We are dedicated to making our presence felt in the community. Through our outreach and partnerships we educate members on the importance of immunizations for all ages.

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan thrives on our mission of “Helping People Live Healthier Lives.” Learn more on our website.

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A nonprofit mutual insurance company founded in 1939, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is the largest health insurer in Michigan, serving 4.5 million people here and 1.6 million more in other states. Includes the largest network of doctors and hospitals in Michigan: 152 hospitals, and more than 33,000 doctors. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association with more than 8,100 employees. Subsidiaries include: Blue Care Network of Michigan, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation, AF Group, and LifeSecure Insurance Company.

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The Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA) is the statewide leader representing all community hospitals in Michigan. Established in 1919, the MHA represents the interests of its member hospitals and health systems in both the legislative and regulatory arenas on key issues and supports their efforts to provide quality, cost-effective and accessible care.

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Organization: Franny Strong Foundation

The mission of Franny Strong is to promote pertussis (whooping cough) awareness and boost childhood immunization rates for all vaccine-preventable diseases. When childhood immunization rates drop, the public health of the entire region, state, and nation is threatened. We formed Franny Strong in honor of our daughter, Francesca Marie, who died in May 2012, after losing a short but heroic battle with pertussis. We continue to work tirelessly to educate others about pertussis and other vaccine-preventable diseases.

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