AAP Immunization Policy

The following American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) policy statements, practice guidelines, clinical reports, and technical reports address immunization issues. To access AAP policy statements regarding immunizations or immunization related topics, please refer to the AAP Web site at http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/search?&fulltext=immunization.

2008

• Prevention of Influenza: Recommendations for Influenza Immunization of Children, 2007-2008

2007

• AAP Recommended Schedules: Childhood -- Adolescent -- Catch-up
• Prevention of Human Papillomavirus Infection: Provisional Recommendations for Immunization of Females With Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
• Hepatitis A Vaccine Recommendations
• Prevention of Varicella: Recommendations for Use of Varicella Vaccines in Children, Including a Recommendation for a Routine Two-Dose Varicella Immunization Schedule

2006

• Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule- 2006
• Immunization Information Systems
• Prevention of Rotavirus Disease: Guidelines for Use of Rotavirus Vaccine
• Prevention of Influenza: Recommendations for Influenza
  Immunization of Children, 2006-2007
• Clinical Report: Responding to Parental Refusal of Immunization of Children
• Documenting Parental Refusal to Vaccinate

2005

• Prevention of Pertussis Among Adolescents: Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid, and Acellular Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccine
• Health Appraisal Guidelines for Day Camps and Resident Camps
• Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations for the Use of the Meningococcal Vaccines in Pediatric Patients
• Recommended Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule-United States, 2005
• Responding to Parental Refusals of Immunization of Children
• Care Coordination in the Medical Home: Integrating Health and Related Systems of Care for Children With Special Health Care Needs by the Council on Children With Disabilities
• The Pediatrician’s Role in Community Pediatrics by the Council on Community Pediatrics

2004

• Recommendations for Influenza Immunization of Children
• Evaluation and Treatment of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1-Exposed Infant
• Relief of Pain and Anxiety in Pediatric Patients in Emergency Medical Systems
• Ensuring Culturally Effective Pediatric Care: Implications for Education and Health Policy
  

2003

• Increasing Immunization Coverage
• National Vaccine Advisory Committee - Standards for Child and Adolescent Immunization Practices (Special Article in Pediatrics)
• Child and Adolescent Immunizations: New Recommendations, New Standards, New Opportunities (Commentary by Alan E Kohrt, MD, FAAP)
• Immunization of Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants
• Family-Centered Care and the Pediatrician’s Role
  

*AAP policy is current for 3 years, after which they are either reaffirmed, rewritten, revised, or retired.

• Technical Report: Reduction of the Influenza Burden in Children
• Smallpox Vaccine
• The Medical Home
  

• Special Requirements for Electronic Medical Record Systems in Pediatrics
• Technical Report: Mercury in the Environment: Implications for Pediatricians
• Role of the Pediatrician in Family-Centered Early Intervention Services

• Meningococcal Disease Prevention and Control Strategies for Practice-Based Physicians (Addendum: Recommendations for College Students)
  
• Policy Statement: Recommendations for the Prevention of Pneumococcal Infections, Including the Use of Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (Prevnar), Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine, and Antibiotic Prophylaxis RETIRED
• Varicella Vaccine Update
• Thimerosal In Vaccines - Joint Statement of The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and The United States Public Health Service (PHS)
  

1999

• Joint Statement of The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and The United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
• Prevention of Poliomyelitis: Recommendations for Use of Only Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine for Routine Immunization
• Immunizations for Native American Children
• Measles Immunization in HIV-Infected Children (Retired)
• Combination Vaccines for Childhood Immunization: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
  

1998

• Age for Routine Administration of the Second Dose of Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
  

1997

• Religious Objections to Medical Care
• Scope of Health Care Benefits for Newborns, Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults Through Age 21 Years
  

1996

• Policy on the development of immunization of tracking systems
• Prevention of Hepatitis A Infections: Guidelines for Use of Hepatitis A Vaccine and Immune Globulin

For additional AAP Policy Statements, visit the AAP Policy Web site at http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/search?&fulltext=immunization