Worcester Public Schools Flu Vaccination Clinics
Shauna Rice
UMMS Summer Community Service Learning Assistantship
To promote the health of the Worcester
community by providing free influenza vaccines
to Worcester Public School students. Flu clinics
will be held at all Worcester public schools this
Fall over the course of two weeks.
Project Goals
Work with the Worcester Department of Public
Health, Worcester Public School Nursing Staff,
UMass Medical School Students and Clinical
Faculty, and other resources in the Worcester
community to improve communication with parents
about flu clinic opportunities and permission slips.
Coordinate scheduling for flu clinics, including
enhanced recruitment of medically-licensed
professionals.
The single best way to protect your children from the
flu is to get them vaccinated each year.
The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the
influenza viruses that research indicates will be
most common during the upcoming season.
The vaccine protects against three flu viruses; an
influenza A (H1N1) virus, an influenza A (H3N2)
virus, and an influenza B virus.
Another version protects against four viruses: the
same three viruses as the trivalent vaccine and an
additional B virus.
CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of
age and older get a seasonal flu vaccine.
Only those younger than 6 months of age or those
with a severe, life threatening allergy to the flu
vaccine/any of its ingredients should avoid getting a
flu vaccine.
RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN 2015
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Monday 10/29
Who Volunteers?
Tuesday 10/30
Claremont/Woodland
Academy
9am-12pm
Vernon Hill School
9:30-11:30am
West Tatnuck School
9:30-11:30am
Tatnuck Magnet School
11:30am-1:30pm
Wednesday 10/31
Chandler Magnet School
Gates Lane
Quinsigamond
Elementary
South High School
Jacob Hiatt Magnet
School
8-10am
8:30-10:30am
Sullivan Middle School
Burncoat Street Prep
School
9:15-11:15am
9:30-11:30am
Columbus Park Prep
Academy
11:30am-1:30pm
Current Statistics
Thursday 11/1
9:30-11:30am
9:30-11:30am
11:30am-1:30pm
Thorndyke Road School
9-11am
Rice Square School
9-11am
Forest Grove Middle
School
9-11am
University Park Campus/ 10am-1pm
Goddard School
Belmont St. Elementary
School
9:30-11:30am
Worcester East Middle
School
City View Discovery
School
11:30am-1:30pm
11:30am-1:30pm
Friday 11/2
Canterbury St. School
8:30-10:30am
Worcester Arts Magnet School
9-11am
Lakeview School
9:30-10:30am
North High School
11am-1pm
Wawecus Road School
12-2pm
Monday 11/5
Tuesday 11/6
May Street School
9-11am
Roosevelt School
10am-12pm
Grafton St. Elementary
School
12-2pm
Flagg St. School
9-11am
Wednesday 11/7
Burncoat Middle and
High School
9-11am
Doherty High School
11am-1pm
Heard St. School
9-11am
Chandler Elementary
School
11am-1pm
8-10am
Elm Park
8:30-10:30am
Union Hill
11am-1pm
Midland St. School
9-11am
Lincoln St. Elementary
School
Clark Street
Developmental
Learning School
Francis J. McGrath
Elementary School
Nelson Place School
Norrback Avenue
School
9:30-11:30am
9:30-11:30am
Volunteers Needed: October 29th-November 8th
3-5 clinic locations per day
2 hours in duration
Volunteer sign up will be in September
2014
2015
2016
2017
Year
Last year, 1,174/25,076 students received injections from
our clinics (4.7% vaccination rate).
We assume the majority of students are receiving vaccines
elsewhere (PCP office, CVS, etc.)
A goal for future years is to determine where exactly
students are receiving their flu vaccines, if at all.
References
2018 Worcester Public School Flu Clinics
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The Worcester Flu Vaccination Clinics have been in operation
for 4 years, yet vaccination rates have not increased over the
past 3 years. We hope to increase vaccination rates by:
Promoting the clinics at Know Your School Night and
Kindergarten Kickoff with informational handouts.
Simplifying consent forms sent home to parents.
8:30-10:30am
11am-1pm
11am-1pm
Flu Clinic Totals
Next Steps
Thursday 11/8
Worcester Technical High
School
UMass Medical School students and graduate nursing
students
Becker College nursing students
Quinsigamond Community College nursing students
Worcester Free Clinic Coalition health care professionals
Members of the Medical Reserve Corps
# of Vaccines Recieved
Mission
2018 Flu Clinic Schedule
Influenza (Flu). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 3 Oct. 2017, www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/whoshouldvax.htm.
Influenza (Flu). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, 5 Oct. 2017, www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/children.htm.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to those involved in planning the flu clinics this season,
especially the nurses and administrators of the WPS including Debra
McGovern and Kristin McFarland, Pat Bruchmann from the WDPH team,
and my Summer Assistantship Coordinator Dr. Heather-Lyn Haley.
