Immunization & Vaccination Resources

• Risk vs. Reward? The Truth About Vaccines (podcast)
  Vaccines have had a profoundly positive impact on human health, but the practice of vaccination also has its detractors. In this podcast, Dr. Tinker explores the causes of the current loss of confidence in vaccine safety, and the impacts this loss has had on the incidence of disease.
• Vaccine Hesitancy for Patients (pdf)
• Rotavirus and Your Baby (pdf)
• Vaccination Mythbusters (pdf)

Newsletters

• Main Street Vaccines Newsletter—February 2012 (pdf)
• January Issue of AAP Immunizations Initiatives Newsletter (pdf)
  Two-dimensional (2D) barcodes launch in pediatric offices, First US plant to make cell-based influenza vaccine dedicated, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes recommendations for the use of HPV4 in males, New Immunization Schedules, and more!
• Main Street Vaccines Newsletter—December 2011 (pdf)
• November Issue of AAP Immunizations Initiatives Newsletter (pdf)
  The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommends Routine Vaccination of Boys with HPV. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not approved Jet Injectors for Inactivated Influenza Vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Publishes Updated Tdap Recommendations in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

• Adolescent Vaccination Coverage Levels in the United States: 2006’àí2009 (pdf)
• Washington State Pediatricians' Attitudes Toward Alternative Childhood Immunization Schedules (pdf)
• Financial Impact to Providers Using Pediatric Combination Vaccines (pdf)
• Infant Sleep After Immunization: Randomized Controlled Trial of Prophylactic Acetaminophen (pdf)
• Leveraging State Immunization Information Systems to Measure the Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccine (pdf)
• Immunogenicity and Safety of MMRV and PCV-7 Administered Concomitantly in Healthy Children (pdf)
• Welfare, Maternal Work, and On-Time Childhood Vaccination Rates (pdf)
• Reflections on US Immunization Challenges: Lady Montague, Where Are You? (pdf)
• Varicella in Infants After Implementation of the US Varicella Vaccination Program (pdf)

Immunization & Vaccination Links

• Risk vs. Reward? The Truth About Vaccines(podcast)
  Vaccines have had a profoundly positive impact on human health, but the practice of vaccination also has its detractors. In this podcast, Dr. Tinker explores the causes of the current loss of confidence in vaccine safety, and the impacts this loss has had on the incidence of disease.
• ImmYounity website
  The Web site is designed to provide vaccine-related information to parents and caregivers in a simple and engaging way. Parents and caregivers can share digital infographics and fact cards in an effort to facilitate more dialogue about the importance of vaccination.
• July Issue of Needle Tips
• July Issue of Vaccinate Adults