Immunization Information
- Kindergarten and Childcare New Immunization Handouts
- General Information
- Immunization Websites
- Links to FREE Immunization Clinics
Immunization Information
June 29, 2007
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has released new information sheets for routine immunizations that should help answer parent questions. Visit the IAC general information site for more information. The handouts are organized in an easy-to-follow question and answer format. Several specific downloads available on the IAC site are highlighted below.
Kindergarten and Childcare New Immunization Handouts
The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Immunization, has produced the following one-page hand-outs for use by any community provider who is involved with immunizations. There are handouts for child care and for school entry. The childcare hand-outs include the message that pneumococcal conjugate vaccine will be required beginning January 2008.
Child care
School entry
Download the Immunization Guidelines for Florida Schools, Child Care Facilities, and Family Day Care Homes.
General Information
What immunizations are required for children?
Where can I get shots for my child?
How much do the shots cost?
Immunization Websites
The National Network for
Immunization Information (NNii)
Provides up-to-date, science-based information to healthcare
professionals, the media, and the public; everyone who needs to
know the facts about vaccines and immunization
Florida
Department of Health Immunization Information
Mission: Promote and protect the health of all children and
adults in Florida through the reduction and eventual elimination
of vaccine-preventable diseases; prevention and control of
vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization
Immunization Action
Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition works to increase immunization
rates and prevent disease by creating and distributing educational
materials for health preofssionals an dthe public that enhance
the delivery of safe and effectivce immunization services; the
coalition also facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy
and use of vaccines within the broald immunization community of
patients, parents, and health care organizations and government agencies
Immunization Action
Coalition- Unprotected People Reports
Case reports, personal testimonies, newspaper and journal articles
about people who have suffered or died from vaccine-preventable diseases
Immunization Action
Coalition-Vaccine Preventable Disease Information
Comprehensive information about a specific disease and the vaccine
that prevents it; each page includes a Q & A section, photos and/or
video footage, true stories of individuals who have suffered or died
from the disease, descriptions of public policies and references to
other resources
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC)
The CDC is one of the 13 major operating components of the Department
of Health and Human Services, which is the principal agency in the
United States government for protecting the health and safety of
all Americans and for providing essential human services, especially
for those people who are least able to help themselves; it is committed
to achieving ture improvements inpeople's health; the CDC has
remained in the forefront of public health efforts to prevent and
control infectious and chronic diseases,k injuries, oworlplace hazards,
disabilities and envfironmental health threats
CDC -
Vaccine Beliefs and Concerns
Most parents today have never seen a casse of diphtheria, measles
or other once-common diseases now preventable by vaccines; as a
result, some parents wonder why their children must receive
shots for diseases that don't seem to exist; myths and
misinformation about vaccine safety abound and can confuse
parents who are trying to make sound decisions about their
children's health care
CDC -
Childhood Immunization Schedule
Current childhood and adolescent immunization schedule
National Immunization
Program
Leading the way to healthier lives: Frequently asked questions,
vaccination schedules (children, adolescents, adults), safety
concerns, vaccine information sheets, vaccine shortages and
delays, overview and timeline
Parents of Kids with Infectious
Diseases (PKIDS)
PKIDS supports families whose children have been affected by
viral hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and other diseases and educates the
public about effective disease prevention practices; has link
to "Ask the Doctor" immunization questions
Links to FREE Immunization Clinics
- Collier County Health Department
- Glades County Health Department
- Hendry County Health Department
- Lee County Health Department
- County Health Department
- Immunization clinic information: Lee County Immunization Information and Shots for Tots Program
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