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- Immunization Schedule
- Catch-up Immunization Scheduler for Children
- Healthy Start, Healthy Families
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- Should You Vaccinate Your Child?
- Influenza (flu) Vaccine 2008
- Helping Kids Cope with Shots
- Registry Information
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Should You Vaccinate Your Child?
Which Diseases are Prevented by Immunization? The following brochures explain why your child should be immunized and which diseases are prevented by immunizations:
For English, click here (pdf).
For Spanish, click here (pdf).
For Somali, click here (pdf).
Low literacy brochures:
For English, click here (pdf)
For Spanish, click here (pdf)
For Somali, click here (pdf)
Are Vaccines Safe? This Video Clip from ABC News demonstrates the need for children to be vaccinated and that all childhood vaccines are proven to be safe.
ABC News Video
Further Questions? Click here for access to videos answering some frequently asked questions about immunizations.
Why should my child be vaccinated against Hepatitis B? The Hepatitis B virus (HBV) can sometimes be passed from person to person in unusual ways. To read about some of these unusual and interesting cases of HBV transmission, click here (pdf).
