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be developing policies, mobilizing community partners, or informing and educating parents/guardians in order to increase HPV vaccination rates. KCPHD realizes that behavior changes based on benefits versus anxiety. For example, according to DOH Tdap is required for middle school entry and because of this, there is higher coverage among adolescents. KCPHD's survey could explore and determine if parents/guardians have barriers such as lack of knowledge, cultural concerns, physician hesitancy, and school record issues in regard to HPV vaccination rates. KCPHD staff would implement educational strategies to relay that information to key stakeholders like local representatives, superintendents, Educational Service District Personnel, et cetera. Ultimately, KCPHD wants to determine why our HPV rates are so low, locally -is it fear of the vaccine, is it the association with sexual activity, are medical providers providing the right messaging, do parents/guardians fully understand the vaccine? KCPHD is well versed with assessment and policy development, since those activities fall under the 10 essential public health services. A similar, reputable project to the proposed project was our work in air quality. Using various assessment methods, KCPHD was able to determine that Kittitas County residents knew very little about PM 2.5 air pollution and from those results, implemented a campaign to provide outreach materials around air quality along with follow up assessments. The 2014 and 2015 Air Quality Assessment information can be found on our website for more information at bltp:Jl www.co.kilLitas .wa.us/bealth/reRorts/defalllLaspx. KCPHD utilizes its community partnerships to conduct community wide surveys, research projects, and to track community specific health data. KCPHD is a member of the Kittitas County Health Network, a collaborative community group composed of prominent health partners such as the hospital, CWU, City of Ellensburg, Fire and Rescue, et cetera. The Network is currently sponsoring KCPHD's work on the community health assessment and improvement plan process. Specifically, KCPHD has worked over the years with CWU with market basket surveys, community food assessment, Standardized Tobacco Assessment of Retail Settings, workplace wellness site evaluation and policy creation, Tobacco usage policy on campus, and a built environment assessment to name project from the past three of four years. KPCHD often partners with Dr. Becky Pearson and her Public Health Research and Methods class or collaborates with an Independent Study course. 5. Please describe how your projectlinitiative or idea will address the stated criteria. • Disease prevention/immunization -the project goal is to increase rates ofHPV vaccination in Kittitas County by identifying behaviors, attitudes, and beliefs around the HPV vaccine via the target audience of parents/guardians within Kittitas County. • Results could be replicated -assessment information could be shared with other counties in order for local LHJs to determine barriers to be identified for HPV vaccine series completion. • Impact to the community can be measured or evaluated -post survey assessment will show if there has been a change in behavior, attitude, or belief around HPV vaccine. Ultimately, the aim is to show an increase in HPV vaccination rates in subsequent years. • Not-for-profit organizations, health departments, or those with an affiliation with a not- for-profit organization -KCPHD is a local health department in Kittitas County.