IAC Express Survey
  
Please help us evaluate the impact that IAC Express has on your organization's immunization services by filling out this short survey. Your participation will help us improve our services. The survey does not identify you in any way.
 
Thank you so much for taking the time to help us.
   
1. Please select the description that best describes your organization type:
  Local health department
  State health department
  Federal government
  Indian Health Service or tribal healthcare
  Community health center
  Private sector healthcare
  Education
  Pharmaceutical company
  Nonprofit organization
  Other. Please specify: 
2. Please select the description that best describes your work setting:
  Family medicine
  Pediatric
  Internal medicine
  Ob/Gyn
  Other medical practice
  Hospital
  Pharmacy
  Public health
  Other. Please specify: 
3. What is your primary role within your work setting?
  Physician
  Nurse practitioner
  Physician assistant
  RN
  LPN
  Medical assistant
  Pharmacist
  Program manager
  Other. Please specify: 
4. For each of the following types of information contained in IAC Express, please indicate the relative value you place on it, with "5" representing "very high value" and "1" representing "no value at all." Please select "NA" if you are unfamiliar with the type of information.
 
  Highest Lowest
    5   4   3   2   1  NA
Vaccination recommendations 
MMWR article summaries 
FDA vaccine licensures 
Conference announcements 
IAC educational materials 
Translations of IAC educational materials 
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) 
Translations of VISs 
Resources from other organizations 
Journal articles 
Pandemic and avian influenza 
Federal immunization legislation 
Other. Please specify:
5. Thinking about the past year or so, please indicate, for each of the following activities, how useful the information provided by IAC Express has been in helping you accomplish that activity. Please check "NA" if your organization does not conduct the activity.
 
  Very   Somewhat Not  
Activity Useful Useful Useful Useful NA
Maintaining or improving immunization rates 
Keeping current with the latest vaccine
recommendations 
Screening for contraindications and
precautions for vaccine use 
Storing and handling vaccines 
Keeping staff up-to-date on vaccine storage,
handling, administration, and recordkeeping 
Creating standing orders for your immunization
setting 
Communicating to patients, or the public, the
value of immunization 
Carrying out immunization activities, generally 
Other. Please specify:
  
6. How often do you forward your issues of IAC Express to others (or print out paper copies for others)?
  Almost always
  At least half the time
  Occasionally
  Never or almost never
  When you forward a copy of IAC Express to others, what is the average number of recipients:
 
7. Each issue of IAC Express is available online at www.immunize.org/express. How frequently do you access issues of IAC Express online?
  I access most issues of IAC Express online.
  I access some issues of IAC Express online.
  I rarely access issues of IAC Express online.
  I never access issues of IAC Express online.
  I was not aware that IAC Express is online.
8. Please indicate if you or your organization use the following IAC websites:
 
www.immunize.org: Yes No Not sure
www.vaccineinformation.org:   Yes No Not sure
www.hepprograms.org: Yes No Not sure
9. Are you a regular recipient (via U.S. mail) of IAC's semi-annual publication Needle Tips?
  Yes
  No
  Not sure
10. If you answered "No" or "Not sure" to Question 9, please skip to Question 11.
  If you answered "Yes" to Question 9, please respond to the following:.
 
a.  In which medium do you prefer to receive Needle Tips?
  I prefer the printed hardcopy that is distributed via U.S. mail.
  I prefer the online version.
b.  If the U.S. mail version of Needle Tips were discontinued, would that present any substantial obstacle to you or your organization's use of the information in Needle Tips?
  Yes, discontinuing the hardcopy version would present an obstacle.
  No, discontinuing the hardcopy version would not present an obstacle.
c.  Please provide your views regarding a possible discontinuation of the U.S. mail version of Needle Tips?
 
11. Please offer your suggestions or comments about IAC Express, including features you really like or really dislike or would like to see us implement:
 
     
   There may be a delay after sending.  
Please be patient.
 
Thank you for taking our survey!
 
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