Webinar: Perinatal Immunizations: A Crucial Time for Health Promotion for Mom, Baby, and Beyond

Description: This webinar will provide an overview of current perinatal immunization rates and effective strategies and opportunities to promote maternal and newborn health and well-being. The presenter will also review critical diseases that can be prevented through appropriate prenatal screening and immunizations that will protect mothers and infants during the perinatal period and beyond.

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Presenter: Andrea Lauffer, M.D., FAAP, FACP

Webinar Materials:

Presentation Slides: Perinatal Immunizations_DrLauffer

Objectives:

1. Describe current perinatal immunization rates for expectant mothers and effective strategies for improving perinatal immunization rates;
2. Discuss the recommended perinatal immunizations offered to expectant mothers and understand the benefit of immunization and risks of these diseases to mother/baby during the perinatal period;
3. Discuss opportunities to promote immunizations to pregnant individuals who are found to be non-immune to certain vaccine-preventable diseases during prenatal screening;
4. Describe the hepatitis B immunization recommendation for infants; and
5. Discuss strategies and opportunities to educate patients and the public on the importance of immunizations prior to, during, and after the perinatal period.

Continuing Education:

An application for 1.0 hour of continuing education for Nurses, Pharmacists and Physicians has been approved for this event. CEUs will be available until December 12, 2024 for anyone who views the live or archive webinar AND completes the webinar evaluation. 

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by West Virginia Immunization Network, the Center for Rural Health Development and CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians-.  The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 hour for AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 1 contact hours (JA0026-26-24-669)

Pharmacy – The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  To receive credit, participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted online to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity. This knowledge- based activity provides 1 contact hours (JA0006133-9999-24-060-L06-P)

DISCLOSURE AND MITIGATION

The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and West Virginia Immunization Network, Center for Rural Health Development controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest.

All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this educational activity.