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Radionovela Series (in Spanish only)
Talking about Vaccines (Hablando de Vacunas) is a six-episode Spanish-language radionovela drama series for radio. Designed to engage and educate Spanish-speaking parents on the importance of immunizing children in the first 24 months of life to protect them from serious vaccine-preventable diseases, the series follows a Hispanic Spanish-speaking family in the United States as they are confronted with issues that arise while navigating the process of immunizing Carlitos, the newest member of the family.
This educational tool can be used as a public service announcement and can be placed on Spanish-language radio stations. Healthcare professionals can also use this tool in waiting rooms to teach parents about the importance of infant immunizations.
Recommended audience: Parents of children age 2 years and younger
Timing of announcement: This novela series can be used year-round in association with releases of information about childhood immunization.
Kill Date: July 2008
For questions about the novela, please email apf2@cdc.gov.
- Episodio Uno: La Llegada
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Episode 1: The Arrival - Episodio Dos: La Tos
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Episode 2: The Cough - Episodio Tres: Vacunan a Carlitos
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Episode 3: Carlitos Gets His Shots - Episodio Cuarto: Lupe y Rocío en el Parque
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Episode 4: Lupe and Rocio in the Park - Episodio Quinto: La Barbacoa
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Episode 5: The Barbeque - Episodio Seis: Llega José
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Episode 6: José Comes Home
Note: Standard AIFF is a leading format used by professional-level audio and video applications. It is non-compressed and therefore uses much more disk space than MP3 -- about 10MB for one minute of stereo audio at a sample rate of 44.1k and a bit depth of 16 bits.
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Content last reviewed on April 14, 2008
Content Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases