Objectives:

• Break down what the requirements for school immunizations are for every grade.
• Clarify which forms meet the reporting requirements.
• List recommended but not required immunizations.
• Reinforce immunization requirements for adolescents.

Objectives:

• Identify the application used for contact monitoring in Illinois.
• List the types of specimens that should be collected for H5N1 testing at the Illinois Department of Public Health Laboratories.
• State the number of days contacts should be monitored for.

Objectives:

• Explain the development, implementation, & keys to success of an ICAR program in a downstate health department.
• Discuss program design and funding sources used.
• Discuss data used to show the need for the program.
• Explain CDC ICAR tool and how it was modified to meet the needs of Tazewell County.

Objectives:

• Identify situations in long-term care facilities (TCF) when local health departments need to conduct an ICAR.
• Learn how to prioritize long term care facilities (LTCFs) for an ICAR.
• Determine the LHD staff members who should conduct the ICAR and the LTCF staff members who should be present during the assessment.

Objectives:

• Convince LHDs to revise their emergency planes, i.e., Mass Vaccine and Dispensing Plan, by reducing their dependency on PODs for a Pandemic Medical Countermeasure and integrating them with community retail pharmacies.

Objectives:

• Estimate the prevalence of Bordetella pertussis carriage in an acellular pertussis-vaccinated population.

Objectives:

• Identify key testing services and functions of public health laboratories.
• Identify Laboratory Response Network (LRN) functions and capabilities for Bio-threats.
• Learn current test offerings by IDPH laboratories, specialties, and upcoming test offerings.
• Sample submissions, shipping requirements, and specimen rejections.
• Electronic Test Ordering and Reporting (ETOR), what it is and why it needs to be used.

Objectives:

• Describe events that initiated investigation of cases.
• Outline details of initial investigation and findings.
• Provide explanation of response measures that were instituted.
• Emphasize the importance of collaboration between the facility, the local health department, IDPH and CDC.

Objectives:

• Define vaccine hesitancy and discuss its historical and contemporary trends.
• Identify key factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy, including misinformation, cultural influences, and social determinants, and potential future trends in vaccine acceptance and hesitancy.
• Apply evidence-based communication strategies to engage with hesitant individuals and communities effectively, and actionable steps local health departments and clinicians can take to address vaccine hesitancy within their communities.
• Evaluate policies and initiatives to reduce vaccine hesitancy and improve vaccination rates.

Objectives:

• Understand interventions put in place to control a complex outbreak of measles associated with a congregate living facility, the epidemiology of the outbreak and who was impacted.
• Understand how their organization can prepare to rapidly respond to an outbreak of measles in the future.