Immunization: Vaccine Information Toolkit

• Children birth to 6 years
• Children 7 to 18 years
• Children 4 months to 18 years who start late or are more than 1 month behind
• Adults

Why Immunizations are Important

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Why Immunize?
• Stories of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
• Immunization Action Coalition (IAC): Vaccines Work! CDC Statistics Demonstrate Dramatic Declines In Vaccine-Preventable Disease When Compared with the Pre-Vaccine Era
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Vaccine Safety: The Facts
• IAC: Clear Answers and Smart Advice about Your Baby’s Shots

Reasons for the Immunization Schedule

• AAP: The Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why is it like that?
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP): Too Many Vaccines? What You Should Know

Vaccine Safety

• AAP: Questions and Answers About Vaccine Ingredients
• CHOP: Aluminum in Vaccines: What You Should Know
• CDC: Understanding MMR Vaccine Safety

After the Shots

• Be There for Your Child During Shots
• IAC: After the Shots…What to Do If Your Child has Discomfort

Understanding Parental Responsibility

• IAC: Personal Belief Exemptions For Vaccination Put People At Risk
• CDC: If You Choose Not to Vaccinate Your Child, Understand the Risks and Responsibilities

Wisconsin School Immunization Requirements

• Wisconsin School Immunization Requirements Booklet
• Student Immunization Law: Age/Grade Requirements (English) (Spanish) (Hmong)

Resource Guide for Parents

• IAC: Reliable Sources of Immunization Information: Where to go to find answers!

Vaccines Derived from Fetal Cell Lines

• Vatican Statement on Vaccines Derived from Aborted Human Fetuses

Talking Points/Strategies for Use with Vaccine Hesitant Parents

• CDC: Talking with Parents about Vaccines for Infants
• AAP: Strategies for Pediatricians: Addressing Common Concerns of Vaccine-Hesitant Parents
• IAC: Need help responding to vaccine-hesitant parents?
• Parental Refusal Form

Websites

• CDC
• IAC
• AAP
• AAFP
• Johns Hopkins Institute of Vaccine Safety

Journal Articles

• Ball LK, Evans G, Bostrom A. Risky business: challenges in vaccine risk communication. Pediatrics. 1998; 101:453-458.
• Dias M, Marcuse EK. When parents resist immunizations. Contemp Pediatr. 2000; 17:75-86.
• Offit PA, Quarles J, Gerber MA, et al. Addressing parents’ concerns: do multiple vaccines overwhelm or weaken the infant’s immune system? Pediatrics. 2002; 109:124-129.
• Offit PA, Jew RK. Addressing parents’ concerns: do vaccines contain harmful preservatives, adjuvants, additives, or residuals? Pediatrics. 2003; 112:1394-1397.
• Diekema DS, and American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Bioethics. Responding to parental refusals of immunization of children. Pediatrics. 2005; 115:1428-1431.

Books

• Vaccines: What You Should Know by Paul Offit, MD, and Louis Bell, MD, 2003.
• Vaccines by Stanley Plotkin, MD, and Water Orenstein, MD, 2004.
• Autism’s False Prophets by Paul Offit, MD, 2008.
• Red Book by AAP, 2009.
• The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians by Gary Marshall, MD, 2010.
• Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (the “Pink Book”) by CDC, 2011.