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Voices of Meningitis Challenge
As a school nurse you can play an important role in educating families in your community about vaccination against meningococcal disease, a rare but serious infection that can cause meningitis and take the life of a child in just a single day.
The Voices of Meningitis Challenge is a program designed to encourage school nurses to educate local schools and communities about meningococcal disease vaccination and recognize them for their efforts. As part of the Challenge, NASN is asking you to proactively conduct meningococcal meningitis awareness activities to reach families with this important information. Free online resources, guidance, and support are available to assist you in your efforts.
Voices Challenge Submission Form
As activities are conducted, NASN urges you to fill out the "Voices Challenge Submission Form" highlighting your awareness efforts (multiple forms can be submitted) so your activities can be recognized and shared with your peers. You can send submission forms back to NASN via email (voiceschallenge@nasn.org) or mail them to NASN's headquarters at:
8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 420
Silver Spring, MD 20910
ATTN: Voices Challenge
All school nurses who send NASN submission form(s) will be recognized. Three school nurses will be selected to have their efforts presented at the 2012 NASN Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA **(Each winner will receive up to $2,000 to cover travel and hotel expenses for duration of meeting: ANCC regulations prohibit payment for registration fees.**) Deadline for submissions: December 31, 2011.
Remember, no effort is too small to highlight and the submission form only takes a few minutes to complete.
Click here to view an example of a Voices Challenge submission.
Voices State Challenge
In addition to NASN recognizing school nurses individually who participate in the Voices Challenge, we're also creating some healthy competition among our state affiliates. The three states with the highest percentage of participation in the Challenge (as measured by submission forms received), will win a sponsored activity during a 2012 state annual conference (up to $500).
CLICK HERE to view 2010 Voices Challenge Submissions. These are meant to serve as examples of activities you too can conduct.
CLICK HERE to view this month’s school nurse submission spotlight! Kudos to Barbara Fede who implemented meningitis awareness activities in her school community!
CLICK HERE to download and save a Voices Challenge Submission Form to complete and return to NASN.
Voices Challenge Mailing List
CLICK HERE to add your name to the Voices Challenge mailing list to receive program updates throughout the year.
Free Educational Resources
A variety of free Voices of Meningitis educational resources and a tip guide that provides ideas for activities, are available to assist you in your efforts to reach parents, students, and other community members with information about the dangers of meningococcal meningitis and the importance of vaccination. New materials will be added soon, so check this page often.
These resources include the following pieces: |
Videos from VoicesOfMeningitis.org
View online or download.
To download, right click on the image and select 'save target as' or 'save link as' and then choose a location on your computer to store the download.
Public Service Announcement
Purdy Story
Werner Story
Pasick Story
Johnson Story
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Voices of Meningitis Challenge "Tips for Success": Provides examples of activities school nurses can conduct in their own school and communities to educate parents and students about meningococcal disease and the importance of vaccination. Click here to download.
Educational materials: Resources that can be distributed to parents or posted within your school to help educate about the disease:
Risk Questionnaire for Parents [English] [Spanish]
Posters [English] [Spanish] (note: posters print on legal size paper)
Brochure [English] [Spanish]
Fact sheet [English] [Spanish]
Meningococcal Disease FAQ [English] [Spanish]
Report card sticker [English] [Spanish] (note: is for printing on Avery address labels 1" x 2-5/8" (Product # 5160)
General parent letter [English] [Spanish]
State mandate parent letter [English] [Spanish]
Presentation to parents (note: Presentations include slides notes. Save to your computer to view slides and notes using PowerPoint software.)
Web site widget (graphic with link to Voices of Meningitis Web site)
Web site widget (graphic with link to this page, the Voices of Meningitis Challenge Web page)
Summer Camp Tip Sheet
Community-based materials: Resources that can be used to enlist the support of or educate members of the community or colleagues about meningococcal meningitis and theVoices of Meningitis program:
Meningitis Case Advisory [English]
Honeywell/Voicemail Script [English]
Presentation to school nurses (note: Presentations include slides notes. Save to your computer to view slides and notes using PowerPoint software.)
Template e-mail/listserv message [English] [Spanish]
The Voices of Meningitis Campaign
Voices of Meningitis is an educational initiative of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) in collaboration with sanofi pasteur. The campaign brings together school nurses from across the country, along with families personally affected by meningococcal meningitis, to share their personal experiences and give “voice” to this rare, but devastating disease, and encourage families to seek vaccination.
For more information on the Voices of Meningitis, visit the Web site at: www.VoicesOfMeningitis.org.
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