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Improving Standard Immunization Practices Among Pharmacists and Other Healthcare Providers

Award Number: NH23IP922661
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES(NCIRD)
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/29/2023
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/28/2025

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Improving Standard Immunization Practices Among Pharmacists and Other Healthcare Providers - The American Institutes for Research (AIR), a national leader in implementation, evaluation and evidence-based approaches to health innovation, and the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP), the national professional pharmacy organization for pharmacists who care for older adults, have partnered to address a need for increased pharmacist immunizations, and improved immunization practices. We propose an implementation program to increase immunizations through five activities, (1) pharmacist education, (2) pharmacy practice support, (3) pandemic planning, (4) outreach, and (5) dissemination. We will develop targeted trainings to pharmacists using ASCP’s current education platform and offering continuing education credits. To help pharmacies implement data sharing and referral practices we will create an Age Friendly Immunization Pharmacy credential which will distinguish pharmacies that have agreed to implement best practices for immunization, including robust data sharing with the CDC Immunization Information Systems (IIS), proven referral practices, and strong documentation procedures. We will engage in planning for immunization needs in future pandemics by building on our pre-existing pandemic planning during Operation Warp Speed by adding other organizations and stakeholders from communities with vaccine hesitancy. To outreach to communities with low confidence in vaccinations, we will convene a Technical Expert Panel and longitudinally assess our program with input of experts in engagement and community leaders, while conducting outreach events that meet local health needs. We will also write manuscripts, white papers and offer presentations to disseminate best practices and findings of this work. The outcomes of our project will be increased numbers of trained pharmacists, increased numbers of pharmacies that share data with IIS, increased numbers of organizations with formal agreements to engage in pandemic planning of vaccinations, higher rates of vaccine acceptance in targeted communities, and a body of presentations and peer-reviewed publications. We will also develop and adjust process measures for evaluation in consultation with pharmacists, pharmacy leaders, community members and local health officials and adapt our program to meet implementation needs as they arise, while centering health equity and sustainable innovation. Both AIR and ASCP have long histories of working with national and governmental partners on large scale public health projects, including a recent CDC contract on barriers to rural vaccination and national pharmacist immunization trainings.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2026	2024	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	02	2	11/10/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2026	2023	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	02	2	11/10/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2024	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	01	2	3/12/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2025	2023	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	01	2	3/12/2025	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $200,000 )
2024	2024	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	00	2	5/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$200,000
2024	2023	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	00	2	5/7/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $200,000

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $200,000 )
2023	2023	AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	1400 CRYSTAL DR FL 10	ARLINGTON	VA	22202	ARLINGTON	USA	Immunization Cooperative Agreements	00	1	8/24/2023	NEW	$200,000
														Subtotal = $200,000

Grand Total All Awards = $400,000

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Improving Standard Immunization Practices Among Pharmacists and Other Healthcare Providers

Award Number: NH23IP922661

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES(NCIRD)

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: HEALTH SERVICES

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/29/2023

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 09/28/2025

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