Background
While childhood immunization rates have now reached all-time highs, with 90% or more of America's toddlers receiving the most critical doses of vaccines for children by age 2, there is still cause for concern. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, around 900,000 children under age 2 still have not received all their immunizations.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), seeks to address these issues and support pediatricians through implementation of the Childhood Immunization Support Program (CISP). This program works to improve the immunization delivery system across the nation by developing an infrastructure within the Academy to support its members and providing education and resources on immunization and immunization-related issues.

The mission of the CISP is to improve the immunization delivery system for children across the nation.

The CISP goals are to:

1. Promote quality improvement and best immunization practices in community- and office-based primary care settings and other identified medical homes.
   
2. Enable pediatricians and pediatric health care professionals to communicate effectively with parents about vaccine benefits.
   
3. Promote system-wide improvements in the national immunization delivery system.
   

Select CISP activities include:

• Maintaining a key contact network of immunization providers who are instrumental in promoting immunization delivery.
• Providing technical assistance on immunization issues to pediatricians and others to communicate with parents around vaccine safety issues and the importance of immunizing children within a medical home.
• Developing fact sheets, practice resources, and education materials that promote immunization best-practices.
  

The work of the CISP is supported by:
AAP Immunization Workgroup: a staff-level group that meets on a monthly basis to discuss and address emergent immunization issues.

AAP Council Community Pediatrics: formerly the Committee on Community Health Services, the Council provides oversight to the CISP through an Immunization Subcommittee.

AAP Task Force on Immunization: a multi-disciplinary team of AAP members and liaisons that facilitate the coordination of immunization activities across AAP departments and helps direct AAP immunization strategies and initiatives.

For information about the AAP, including its structure, governance, and other health programs, visit www.aap.org.

Funding
Funding for the CISP is made available through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Childhood Immunization Support Program, Cooperative Agreement: U66/CCU524285).

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The AAP CISP is unable to respond to questions regarding individual medical conditions. Your pediatrician is your best resource for this information. General immunization inquiries can be sent to cispimmunize@aap.org. For more information about the CISP or to be added to the CISP key contact network, please contact:

Elizabeth Sobczyk, Manager
Immunization Initiatives
Department of Practice
141 Northwest Point Blvd
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Phone: 847/434-4271
Fax: 847/228-6432
E-mail: esobczyk@aap.org