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| In healthcare settings across the nation,
healthcare 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 confidently discuss immunization with parents. |
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| Resources for Responding to Parents |
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| Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) |
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| Vaccine Information Statements |
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| VISs are information sheets produced by CDC that explain both the benefits and risks of a vaccine to vaccine recipients |
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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-Preventable Diseases |
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| Fact sheets for parents: Learn more about the diseases that can be prevented with vaccines, as well as the benefits and risks of vaccination |
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| Vaccine Education Center (VEC), Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
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Parents PACK Newsletter |
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| Parents PACK is a monthly e-mail newsletter written for parents that addresses vaccine topics and commonly asked questions |
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| Vaccinate Your Family (VYF) |
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| College of Physicians of Philadelphia |
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| History of Vaccines |
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| Provides the compelling history of vaccination, from pre-Jennerian times to modern-day innovations in vaccines |
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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 the Institute of Medicine) 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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| Video FAQs for Parents |
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| Short video clips from Vaccinate Your Family with experts in the fields of immunization and autism answering FAQs for parents |
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ACIP Recommendations
Vaccine Information Statements 
