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On-line ordering form for NIP publications
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AAP's policy on "increasing immunization coverage"  (exit site)
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

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ACIP: Vaccine Recommendations 
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Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports courtesy of Innpower web site (topics include Autism, SIDs, SV40, Thimerosal, etc.)

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The Jordan Report 20th Anniversary: Accelerated Development of Vaccines 2002  (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals      

Journal articles listed on the Innpower web site (Immunization Nursing Network Provider Outreach Web Education and Resources) (exit site)

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MMWRs on Immunizations  (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
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Standards for Adult Immunization Practices &
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Available in many different languages (exit site)

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   Calendar of upcoming Satellite Broadcasts at CDC   of interest to health care professionals      
 
   Course Schedule of Satellite Broadcasts (NIP)
       -Materials related to Immunization satellite broadcasts
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   Listing of videos & webcasts from Innpower web site (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
 
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   Online NIP order form of videos (order from a complete list)
  
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   Satellite Broadcast - Eliminating Health Disparities
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   Video clips from Immunization Action Coalition (exit site) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
 
   Video - Clinical Management of Adverse Events Following
      Vaccination: A National Training Initiative (exit site)
      (www.phf.org)
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   Video - How to Protect Your Vaccine Supply, 2004
      (Order item #00-6526)
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   Video - Immunization Encounter: Critical Issues, 6/27/02
      (Order item #99-7316)
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   Video - Immunization Techniques: Safe, Effective, Caring  (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals      
 
   Video - READII segment of Adult Immunization training
      (Racial & Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative)
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   Video - Safer Healthier Children, A Brief Intro to Childhood
      Vaccines

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   Video - Smallpox Vaccine Administration, Dec. 2002   of interest to health care professionals      
 
   Videos - CDC videos available on the Childhood
      Immunization Support Program (CISP) web site:
         How vaccines work (.ram)***
         Safety and Effectiveness of Vaccines (.ram)***
         Parental Worries (MMR & Autism, Multiple Vacc...) (.ram)***
         History of Polio (.ram)***
         Community Immunity (.ram)***
         Immunization Wrap-up (.ram)***

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   Vídeo: Las Vacunas y su Bebé (exit site) (27 minutes)
   (Vaccine Your Baby)
   Vídeo: Las Vacunas: Como Separar los Datos de los Temores
   (Vaccines: Separating Fact from Fear) (exit site) (25 minutes)
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 Webcasts          
 
    Webcast - Adult Immunization Update
        (originally aired June 2003)
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    Webcast - Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-
        Preventable Diseases 4 Part Series
        (originally aired Feb. 2003)
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    Webcast - Immunization Update 2003
        (originally aired August 2003) See also slides
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    Webcast - Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know,
        Dec. 2001 (exit site)
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Slides**
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On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
Slides - ABCs of Childhood Vaccines (slide presentation) Safer Healthier Children, A Brief Introduction to Childhood Vaccines of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Slides - Basic Vaccine Safety Course
  of interest to health care professionals      
Slides - Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable
Diseases PowerPoint slide sets from the Pink Book
(includes Anthrax, Diphtheria, Hib, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Polio, Pneumococcal, Rubella, Smallpox, Tetanus, Varicella, etc.)
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Slides - General Recommendations on Immunization (.ppt**)

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Slides - Immunization Strategies for Practices and Providers (.ppt**)

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Slides - Immunization Update 2002 (including scripts)
   See also webcasts
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Slides - Nursing Responsibilities in Immunization Practice (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals      
Slides - Pink Book (slide sets associated with NIP's "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" course 8th Edition Pink Book (Feb. 2004)”
  of interest to health care professionals      
Slides - Principles of Vaccination (.ppt**)
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Slides - Vaccine Safety (.ppt**)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media    
             
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Brochures, pamphlets, etc. of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners SP
On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
Booklet - Parents Guide to Childhood Immunizations
(94-page booklet)
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Brochure - Childhood Immunizations (tri-fold)
(available in English & Spanish, color & black/white)
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Brochure - Hepatitis A Prevention (tri-fold)
(available in English & Spanish)
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Brochure - Immunization Information Resources (tri-fold)
(available in English & Spanish, color & black/white)
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Brochure - Immunization Registries? (tri-fold) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Brochure - Immunization Scheduler (tri-fold)
(available in English, color & and black/white)
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Brochure - Immunize Our Children (American Indian & Alaskan Native)
(available in English (tri-fold) and as a poster)
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Brochure - Meningitis on Campus: Don't Wait. Vaccinate
    (.pdf print version)     (.txt screen-reader version)
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Brochure - Pneumococcal: Questions About the Shot
Card - Ask Your Doctor about the Pneumococcal Shot Today
(available in English & Spanish, color & black/white)
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Brochure - Smallpox Vaccination, Method and Reactions, 2002
(Order item #99-7392)
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Brochure - Vaccine Safety for Parents (tri-fold)
(available in English & Spanish, color & black/white)
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Brochure - Vaccines for Children Program (tri-fold)
(available for Parents and Healthcare Providers)
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Brochure - Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) (tri-fold) (.pdf) (exit site) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Brochure - Why does my baby need Heb-B vaccine?
(Order item #00-6230)
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Flyers of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners SP
On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
Flyer - "ABCs of Childhood Vaccines" as a teaching tool of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals      
Flyer - Hepatitis A Prevention for Concert-Goers
(available in color & black/white)
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Flyers - Influenza (flu):
   Current flu flyers
   Previous year's flu flyers
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Flyer - National Infant Immunization Week   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Flyers - READII (Racial & Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative)       of interest to immunization partners   

Vaccine information statements (VIS)  (lists all)
   Available in many different languages (exit site)

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Posters, buttons, stickers, etc. of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners SP
On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
Bookmark - National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Buttons - Influenza (flu)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Poster guidelines for the National Immunization Conference   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Poster - American Indian & Alaska Native Poster   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Poster - CDC Nat'l Immunization Hotline poster (English) (Spanish)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners SP
Posters - Influenza (flu)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Posters - National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM)
(prints on 11x17 paper)
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Posters - National Infant Immunization Week   of interest to health care professionals      
Stickers - Are you up-to-date? Vaccinate! NIAM   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Stickers - "I got my flu vaccine!" (in English & Spanish)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners SP
Wall chart - Vaccine Management: Recommendations for Handling/Storage of Selected Biologicals, 1/01
(Order item #99-5942)
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Textbooks
    See also Guides and Guidelines
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On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
International Travel and Health 2004 (WHO website) (exit) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   

Prevention and Control of VPDs in Long-term Care Facilities (.pdf*)
(100 pages)
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The Pink Book (Epidemiology & Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases Textbook)
-- See also Slides of the Pink Book
    of interest to health care professionals       

The Surveillance Manual (Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases)
    See also "Statistics & Surveillance"
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The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals        

Vaccine Management: Storage and Handling (.pdf*) (10 pages)   of interest to health care professionals        
Vaccines, 4th Edition (exit site) (1696 pages, $249.00, 2004©)
By Stanley A. Plotkin, MD and Walter A. Orenstein, MD
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Vaccines: Preventing Disease and Protecting Health (2004) (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners    
             
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Guides and guidelines
   See also Textbooks
   See also Recommendations and Reports
(ACIP & MMWR)
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AFIX publications (Assessment, Feedback, Incentives, and eXchange)   of interest to health care professionals      
CDC's copyright policies of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  

Financing Vaccines in the 21st Century: Assuring Access and Availability (8 page .pdf publication) (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals       
Guide to Contraindications and Precautions for Childhood Vaccinations   of interest to health care professionals      

Guide to Understanding Vaccines  (38 page .pdf* publication) (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   

Guide to Vaccines and Vaccine Safety  (exit site)

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Guidelines for the Control of Pertussis Outbreaks (.pdf*)   of interest to health care professionals      

Guidelines for Vaccinating Pregnant Women  (15 page .pdf* publication)   of interest to health care professionals        

Healthy People 2010 Guide: Impact of Immunizations  (exit site)     of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   

Immunization Certification Survey (American Nurses Foundation) (exit site)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners  

Immunization Programs in Brief
  - Adult and Adolescent Immunization
  - Anthrax Vaccine
  - Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
  - Development of Immunization Registries
  - Immunization Grant Program (Section 317)
  - Immunization Safety
  - Influenza
  - Lyme Disease
  - Measles Mortality Reduction & Reg. Measles Elimination
  - New Vaccines
  - Pandemic Influenza Planning
  - The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  - Polio Eradication
  - Racial and Ethnic Adult Disparities in Immunization Initiative
  - Smallpox Vaccine
  - Tracking Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
  - Vaccine Preventable Diseases
  - Vaccine Stockpile
  - Vaccines for Children Program

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On-line ordering form for NIP publications (order from a complete list) of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
Parents Guide to Childhood Immunizations (94-page booklet)
  Spanish version (order item #99-7234)
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Providers' Guide: Helping Parents Who Question Vaccines   of interest to health care professionals      

Vaccine Administration Guidelines (from Pink Book):
   guide with pictures (12 page .pdf*)
   guide without pictures for faster download (8 page .pdf*)
   See also Vaccine Administration section
  of interest to health care professionals         

Vaccine information statements (VIS)  (lists all)
   Where to get copies of VIS
   Available in many different languages (exit site)

of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals     SP 
Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative & Individual Rights (Chapter 13 of "Law in Public Health Practice", (screen-reader device)
SOURCE: Malone KM, Hinman AR. Vaccination Mandates: The Public Health Imperative and Individual Rights. In: Goodman RA, Rothstein MA, Hoffman RE, et al., eds. Law in Public Health Practice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003: 262-84.
  of interest to health care professionals      

Vaccine Management: Storage and Handling (10 page .pdf* file)   of interest to health care professionals         
 
           
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AAP's Compendium of Immunization Resources and Organizations (exit site) (Compilation of immunization organizations, initiatives, resources, and tools)   of interest to health care professionals   of interest to immunization partners   
Images of vaccine-preventable diseases
   - American Academy of Pediatrics (exit site)
   - American Lung Association (exit site)
   - Canadian Immunization Awareness Program (exit site)
   - CDC's National Center for Infectious Diseases
   - DoD-Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (exit site)
   - eMedicine.com (exit site)
   - Immunization Action Coalition (exit site)
   - Immunization Education Organization (exit site)
   - Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases
   - National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus (exit site)
   - National Network for Immunization Information (exit site)
   - Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (exit site)
   - Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
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IAC Express Newsletter sign-up sheet   (.pdf*)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   
Immunization records of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media    

Immunization Resources You Need to Know About (.pdf*) (6 pages)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
Locating information on Vaccine Safety of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   

National Immunization Program Resource Guide (.pdf*) (1 page)   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners   

Resources from other sources (.pdf*) (7 pages) (exit site)
publications, manuals, self-study, websites, hotlines, videos
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States where pharmacists have the authority to immunize patients (exit site) of interest to public and parents     of interest to immunization partners   
             
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Risk Communication of interest to public and parents of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners SP
Evaluating the Success of Terror Risk Communications (.pdf) (exit site) by
Baruch Fischhoff; Roxana M. Gonzalez; Deborah A. Small; Jennifer S. Lerner in BioSecurity and BioTerrorism: BioDefense Strategy, Practice, and Science (Vol. 1, No. 4, 2003) Courtesy of http://www.biosecurityjournal.com/
  of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
Ten questions to consider when communicating about risk--
New York City's Communication Trials by Fire, from West Nile to SARS
(.pdf) (exit site) by Sandra Mullin in BioSecurity and BioTerrorism: BioDefense Strategy, Practice, and Science (Vol. 1, No. 4, 2003) Courtesy of http://www.biosecurityjournal.com/
  of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
The Power of Stories Over Statistics (exit site) by Thomas B. Newman (British Medical Journal 2003;327:1424-1427 (20 December)) Courtesy of http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/   of interest to health care professionals of interest to media of interest to immunization partners  
             

ACIP=Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
MMWR=Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

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