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Parents
What You Need to Know
On This Page:
- Understanding Vaccines & their Purpose
- Parents Who Question Vaccines
- Myths Busted
- What Risks are Parents Taking in their Child's Healthcare?
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Understanding Vaccines & their Purpose
- Life-cycle of immunizations
- Immunity types: active, passive, herd
- The ABCs of Childhood Vaccines
(slides explain concepts & major facts in everyday words) - How Do Vaccines Protect Children from Diseases?
- How Vaccines Prevent Disease
- Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations
(68-page booklet) - Why do pre-teens and adolescents need immunizations?
- Immune System (exit)
- Your Child's Immunizations (exit)
- After the shots: Parent information sheet (exit)
Parents Who Question Vaccines
- Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations
- Why immunize?
- Ten Things You Need to Know About Immunizations?
- The Importance of Childhood Immunizations
- Immunization: The basics
- Too Many Vaccines: What You Should Know (exit) NEW
Vaccine Education Center at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Vaccinate Your Baby (exit)
News and information for parents who wish to learn the truth about immunization and how best to protect their children from vaccine-preventable diseases. - A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines (exit)
4-page FDA guide explaining to parents the risks and benefits of common kids' vaccines - Evaluating information on the Web
- Parents Who Question Vaccines (flyer)
What Risks are Parents Taking in their Child's Healthcare?
- What If You Don't Immunize Your Child? (exit)
- What Would Happen If We Stopped Immunizations?
- Risks of Not Getting Vaccinated (exit)
- Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDS) (exit)
- Safety: Are vaccines safe?
Not vaccinating your child? Be aware of the risks
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This page last modified on December 8, 2008
Content last reviewed on April 24, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
Content last reviewed on April 24, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases