Decera Clinical Education Infectious Disease Podcast

Shingles Solutions Podcast: Strategies for Improving Vaccine Uptake and Series Completion

Episode Summary

In this podcast, experts Jacinda (JAM) Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH; Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, FAAN; and Dalilah Restrepo, MD, discuss strategies for addressing shingles vaccine hesitancy and improving uptake, including the critical role pharmacists and other specialists have in optimizing uptake and series completion.

Episode Notes

In this podcast, experts Jacinda (JAM) Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH; Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, FAAN; and Dalilah Restrepo, MD, discuss improving shingles vaccine uptake. Topics covered include: 

• The Burden of Shingles
• Care Coordination Between Primary and Specialty Care
• Promoting Shingles Vaccine Series Completion
• Addressing Disparities in Shingles Vaccine Access and Uptake

Presenters:

Jacinda (JAM) Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy
University of California, San Diego
Department of Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Division of the Black Diaspora and African American Studies
La Jolla, California

Ruth Carrico, PhD, DNP, FNP-C, FAAN
Senior Partner
Carrico & Ramirez PLLC
Professor, Adjunct
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, Kentucky

Dalilah Restrepo, MD
Infectious Diseases Specialist
University of California, Irvine
Los Alamitos Hospital
Orange County, California