| 5916 Final Report: Evaluation of the Operating Processes, Communication Techniquesand Management Approaches in the National Immunization Program (NIP) |
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| In 1994, the President's Childhood Immunization Initiative (CII) made the immunization of preschool children a key health priority. Additionally, the measles outbreak late in the 1980s and early in the 1990s brought the importance of childhood immunization to the forefront of public attention. Finally, mandates to eliminate indigenous cases of specific vaccine preventable diseases and to increase vaccine coverage to at least 90 percent among two year old children has placed significant demands upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Immunization Program (NIP). A 160 percent increase in operating budget and a staff increase of approximately 50 percent occurred between Fiscal Years 1993 and 1995. This study examines the NIP's management structure and style, its communication and decision making processes and strategies, its patterns of authority, and its delegation of work and responsibility. It offers recommendations in the following areas: (1) strategic planning; (2) day-to-day management; and (3) staff issues. (Final report 43 pages plus appendices.) | |
| Project Officer: | Westberg, Victoria |
| Centers for Disease Control | |
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