Public Health Perspectives
Public Health Perspectives is a podcast brought to you by the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada, Reno. This podcast breaks down, simplifies, and demystifies complex public health issues through various community perspectives.
Public Health Perspectives
National Infant Immunization Week
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Melanie Flores, MSW
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Season 1
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Episode 1
This episode covers National Infant Immunization Week. This annual awareness week highlights the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases and celebrates the achievements of immunization programs everywhere. During this episode we sit down with four champions of public health:
- Dr. Trudy Larson, Dean and trained Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist from the School of Community Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR)
- Shannon Bennett, Immunization Program Manager at the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health
- Heidi Parker, Executive Director of Immunize Nevada
- Megan Schwarzrock, Health Educator at Early Head Start, Pediatric Nurse, and parent of three young children
For more information on National Infant Immunization Week go to https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/niiw/index.html or https://immunizenevada.org/
This podcast is brought to you by the School of Community Health Sciences and the Nevada Public Health Training Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, https://www.unr.edu/public-health.
