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Responding to Parents |
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| In healthcare settings across the nation, medical professionals are called upon to attest to the safety of vaccines, the importance of vaccination, and the potentially grave consequences of failure to vaccinate. This section provides background information and practical resources that will help them efficiently and confidently discuss immunization with parents and patients. |
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| Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) |
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| Vaccine Basics: Frequently Asked Questions |
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| The Vaccine Basics web section on vaccineinformation.org provides information about importance of vaccines and answers many common questions about vaccines and getting vaccinated |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) |
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| Vaccine Education Center (VEC) |
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| Parents PACK Newsletter |
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| Information about the Parents PACK newsletter which contains vaccine information for parents, announcements, articles and vaccine questions and answers. |
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| Every Child by Two (ECBT) |
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| History of Vaccines |
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| Interactive website from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, includes well-researched topics of interest in immunization |
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| Health and Human Services (HHS) |
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| vaccines.gov website |
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| Vaccines.gov is the federal gateway to information on vaccines and immunizations |
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| American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) |
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| National Academy of Medicine |
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| The National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as the Institute of Medicine (IOM), is an impartial group of the world's leading experts that advises Congress on
science issues. After reviewing more than 200 studies in 2004 and more than 1,000 studies in 2011, its consensus report strongly stated that the evidence did not show a
link between vaccines and autism. |
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| World Health Organization (WHO) |
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| Addressing Vaccine-Hesitant Parents |
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| This set of role-playing videos, available for viewing either as one video or a series of clips, include an introduction and commentary by infectious disease expert Dr. Mark Sawyer. |
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| Video FAQ's for Parents |
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| Short video clips from ECBT: Experts in the fields of immunization and autism answer FAQs for parents. |
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| Making the CASE for Vaccines |
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| Presentation describes 4-step framework to help healthcare professionals present the science about vaccine safety and autism |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 
