Why is It Important to Immunize?
Link to information
about community immunity, the importance of vaccines, why your child should
be immunized, and more.
Are Vaccines Safe?
Link to
fact sheets on the MMR vaccine, thimerosal, and general vaccine safety
information.
Parent
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The AAP
has created FAQs for parents to download on topics such as how to comfort
your child during vaccination; benefits and risks of immunization; immunizations
and breastfeeding; locating your child's immunization record; influenza;
whooping cough; vaccine safety; and accurate immunization information.
Locating Lost Immunization Records
Paying
For Vaccines
Provides information on how to pay for vaccines
if your insurance does not cover them or you cannot afford them.
Common
Misconceptions About Vaccines
Provides common myths about vaccines and responds to them with facts.
Comfort Your Child During Immunization
- Be
There For Your Child During Shots (Exit
site, PDF 710KB)
Comfort your child before, during, and after shots. - After the Shots...What to do if Your Child Has Discomfort (Exit site)
- Lessening
the Pain of Vaccines
Link to a new fact sheet from the AAP/CISP about strategies to reduce the pain of vaccines.
Evaluating
Immunization Information on the Web
Link to
fact sheets about evaluating immunization information on the Internet
and lists of accurate immunization Web sites.
Adolescent Vaccines
Link to AAP recommendations and more information on adolescent-specific vaccines.
Parents
Guide to Childhood Immunizations (CDC)
The Parents Guide
to Childhood Immunization is a 68-page booklet introducing parents to
13 childhood diseases and the vaccines that can protect children from
them.
Immunizations
and Schools
Immunization school-entry laws vary among states. This link provides
information on state immunization requirements for school entry, immunization
exemption laws, and the rationale for immunizing children prior to school
entry.
Parents
PACK
(Exit site)
Parents PACK is a new program for parents, established by the Vaccine
Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Members
of the Parents PACK benefit by Possessing, Accessing,
and Communicating Knowledge about vaccines.
Vaccine
Preventable Disease Information
Link to information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
Spanish Language Radionovelas for Parents
CDC's "Keeping the Promise" Campaign is happy to present, "Hablando de Vacunas," a six-episode radionovela which promotes the importance of immunizations to parents. Play these episodes in your waiting rooms!
New
CDC Web-based Personalized Childhood Immunization Scheduler
This
resource allows you to create an immunization schedule for your child (5 years
old or younger) by entering the child's birth date. (Exit
Site)
Try
your luck on the Immunization Quiz!
Do
you know what vaccine-preventable disease George Washington died from or how the
term "chickenpox" came into use to describe varicella disease? Click
on the link above to test your knowledge!
General immunization inquiries can be sent to cispimmunize@aap.org. For information about the Academy's CISP program, click here.
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