CCIC Provider Education: Protecting Two: Maternal Immunizations, Opportunities and Challenges
This provider education addressed maternal immunizations, including a discussion of the global impacts of maternal immunizations, barriers impacting the acceptance of maternal immunizations, benefits and risks surrounding maternal immunizations, and evidence-based skills in talking to patients about maternal immunizations.
Topics:
- The burden of vaccine preventable disease among pregnant women and their newborns
- Current vaccine recommendations for pregnant women
- How to implement best practices for increasing immunization uptake in your practice
- How vaccine safety is monitored among pregnant women
About the presenter:
Dr. Rachel Herlihy is a preventive medicine physician and Director for the Division of Disease Control and Environmental Epidemiology at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). She earned her MD and BS degrees in Bacteriology and Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin. She completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Virginia and a preventive medicine residency at John Hopkins University.
In her current role, Dr. Herlihy oversees the Department's Programs in Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Tuberculosis, HIV, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Immunizations, Environmental Health, Occupational Health, Toxicology, Refugee Health, and Electronic Laboratory Reporting. She leads and participates in multiple health policy and scientific advisory groups at the state and national level, including the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Meningitis Vaccines Work Group. Dr. Herlihy represents the Department of Health in a variety of settings including media, legislative, and executive hearings. She has a special interest in vaccine confidence and lectures on the topic regularly. Dr. Herlihy is the mother of a healthy, happy, fully-vaccinated pre-schooler.
