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Hello, and welcome. This presentation part of the educational sessions focuses on improving the rate of childhood immunization and ensuring that children are provided with the major vaccines before the age of six years. In the educational session, I will evaluate the outcomes of the educational session and the educational sessions towards the attainment of the agreed-upon SMART goals with the participants. I will also evaluate the outcomes of the educational system against the Healthy People 2030 objectives and leading health indicators on childhood immunization. Finally, I will conclude the presentation by recommending some changes that improve the alignment of the educational session with Healthy People 2030 objectives and leading health indicators.

Introduction

In recent years, observations and other research evidence have shown that children are growing more vulnerable to various preventable diseases. According to Landrigan et al. (2019), there is an increase in lethal communicable and non-communicable diseases among children are on the rise. A larger part of this growing vulnerability of children to diseases is linked to increased exposure to a number of pollutants. Research shows that over 940,000 deaths in children recorded in 2016 were linked to pollution (Landrigan et al., 2019). The increasing vulnerability of children to diseases requires the adoption of evidence-based disease prevention strategies. Of the available disease prevention methods in children, childhood vaccination is the surest method to reduce the risk of disease in children.

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Childhood Immunization and Vaccination

Immunization has changed how people manage infectious diseases creating hope for the future of humanity and providing various benefits to human societies (Piot et al., 2019). As noted, it is the surest way to ensure that children are protected against the risk of diseases in the modern world. Immunization involves the use of vaccines to improve a child’s protective immunity. Immunization, therefore, fortifies the child’s natural immunity. Having your children receive all the suggested vaccines before the age of six can provide them with the needed protection against diseases, which ensures them a healthy life as a child and during adulthood. Therefore, vaccination can help prevent the loss of life during childhood and a healthy transition into adulthood. However: research on vaccination trends shows that the rate of unvaccinated children in the U.S. is fast-growing (Hill et al., 2019). This growing number of unvaccinated children has been linked to parents having concerns over the safety of vaccinations on their children, a lack of health coverage to support full childhood vaccination, as well as a lack of vaccine awareness, including the importance of full vaccination during childhood stages and the existence of support programs for vaccination (Hill et al., 2019).

Agreed-Upon SMART Goals for Childhood Immunization

Various SMART health goals were developed through consultations with the public regarding the issue of falling childhood immunization rates. The main agreed-upon goals were to improve the mapping of the rate of childhood immunization. Another goal was to research, identify, and implement solutions for barriers to childhood immunization in the United States. Additionally, the promotion plan for childhood immunization and vaccination was to design barrier-specific solutions towards improving childhood immunization that could be applicable in 12 months and identify community-level resources that could be used to support the campaign towards improving childhood immunization.

Educational Session Outcomes

This educational session is expected to achieve a number of outcomes. Firstly, the education level is expected to achieve an improved public awareness of the need for every child to be fully vaccinated before the age of 6 years. It is evident that children have a weak immune system for protection against diseases before the age of 6 and have varied immune responses, thus the need for vaccines to improve protection against diseases (Kapil & Merkel, 2019). Another intended outcome of this educational session is to improve awareness of the health risks associated with the lack of vaccination. This is expected to have as many people understand the risks associated with their children skipping essential vaccines during their childhood. The session will also seek to answer and address any questions and concerns over the safety of vaccines. Additionally, the educational session will create awareness of the available and accessible resources that support childhood vaccination that parents can utilize. A long-term outcome o