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TOGETHER FOR TOTS IMMUNIZATION PROJECT
Project Background and Goals:
In collaboration with the Community Health Care Association of New York State (CHCANYS) and the New Jersey Primary Care Association (NJPCA), Clinical Directors Network Inc. (CDN) implemented the Together for Tots Immunization Project. This project supports the integration of primary care in low income communities by providing assistance in baseline measurement of immunization rates in fifteen (15) selected Community/Migrant Health Centers (C/MHCs) in the New York and New Jersey regions, along with active, ongoing technical assistance, and periodic remeasurement. Through an ongoing collaborative relationship with other primary care associations, health departments and agencies in the region, resources available to the C/MHCs are drawn upon to assist them in reaching the year 2000 goals of 90% immunization of the nation's two-year old children.
The project provides training and support in use of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's software, CASA (Clinic Assessment Software Application), used in assessing immunization baseline rates, and provides center-specific intervention strategies aimed at measuring and increasing baseline rates.
| Project Timeframe: |
October 1995 - March 2002 |
| # of Participating Practices: |
19 |
| Participating Providers: |
- Brownsville Multi-Service Health Center , Brooklyn , NY
- Bedford-Stuyvesant Health Center , Brooklyn , NY
- Whitney M. Young Community Health Center , Albany , NY
- Hudson River Healthcare, Peekskill , NY
- Ossining Open Door Health Center , Ossining , NY
- Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center , Arverne , NY
- Newark Community Health Center , Newark , NJ
- Jersey City Family Health Center , Jersey City , NJ
- Eric B. Chandler Health Center , New Brunswick , NJ
- Plainfield Neighborhood Health Center , Plainfield , NJ
- Paterson Community Health Center , Paterson , NJ
- Horizon Health Center , Jersey City , NJ
- CAMcare Health Corporation, Camden , NJ
- Southern Jersey Family Health Center , Hammonton , NJ
- VNA of Central New Jersey, Asbury Park , NJ
- North Hudson Community Action Corp., West New York , NJ
- East Orange Primary Health Center , Newark , NJ
- Ryebrook Open Door Health Center , Ryebrook , NY
- Sleepy Hollow Open Door Health Center , Sleepy Hollow, NY
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| Funding Sources: |
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| Total Budget: |
$654,561 |
| Contact Person: |
Andrea Cassells, MPH
Project Director
Tel: (212) 382-0699, ext. 227
FAX: (212) 382-0669
E-Mail: acass@CDNetwork.org |
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