Resources for Parent Eduction

These resources are provided as a place to start your investigation of vaccines and the diseases we are told they prevent.  One of the many gifts you can give your child is health.  Please take the time to make an informed choice.  You are responsible for the outcome regardless of the time you choose to devote to this health care decision. 

• PROVE Powerpoint for Vaccine Decisions
  Vaccination.pptx
  
  
• The National Vaccine Information Center
  www.NVIC.org
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/default.htm
  Read information on diseases listed in “The Pink Book”.  You can also find the vaccine excipient & media summary.
  
  
• FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
  http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/ucm093833.htm
  Package inserts are here, as well as a great deal of information from the approval process. Read the drug company submissions to the FDA when available.
  
  
• Implications for Pertussis Vaccination and Waning Immunity
  http://www.cdc.gov.tw/public/Data/712211413271.pdf
  
  
• Link to Study Showing Developmental Delays in Monkeys Given Hepatitis B Vaccines
  http://www.ane.pl/showarticle.php?art=7020
  
  
• Social Marketing as a Strategy to Increase Immunization Rates
  http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/163/5/432.pdf

It is your duty and your right to make an informed choice for you and your child.  Please don’t delegate this responsibility to anyone.  Learn as much as you can. 

October 2, 2010