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Want to learn more about this important topic? Here are some great resources on childhood immunizations!

Resources

• Who Needs Them? Everybody!
  (Illinois Immunization Program, Illinois Department of Public Health, 1997)
  This short booklet explains why immunizations are important for children and how to be sure your children receive them.
  Availability Information:
  Illinois Department of Public Health
  Division of Infectious Diseases/Immunization Program
  525 W. Jefferson St.
  Springfield, IL 62761
  Phone: 217-785-1064
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/shots.htm
• TOTS-Tracking Our Toddlers' Shots
  (Illinois Department of Public Health, 2001)
  This brochure describes TOTS, or Tracking Our Toddlers' Shots, an immunization record sharing system developed by the Illinois Department of Public Health. This statewide registry allows public and private health care providers to share the immunization records of Illinois residents.
  Availability Information
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/totsfs.htm
• Stay Free from Hepatitis B
  (Illinois Department of Public Health, Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunization Program)
  This short booklet presents basic information on how to prevent the Hepatitis B virus.
  Availability Information:
  Illinois Department of Public Health
  Division of Infectious Diseases/Immunization Program
  525 W. Jefferson St.
  Springfield, IL 62761
  Phone: 217-785-1064
• Understanding Vaccine Safety
  Get the facts on vaccines, their safety, common concerns, and a schedule of recommended childhood immunizations. 6 pp. (2001. FDA) 639JJ. Free.
  Availability Information:
  Telephone: 1-888-878-3256
  http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/vaccine/vaccine.htm
• Illinois Immunization Program Home Page
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/shots.htm
• Childhood Immunization Schedule
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/cis.htm
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/downloads/child/
  2007/child-schedule-color-print.pdf
• Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/pgci.htm
• Vaccine-Preventable Childhood Diseases
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/vpcd.htm
• K-12 School Immunization Requirements
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/about/k12sir.htm
• National Immunization Program (Center for Disease Control)
  http://www.cdc.gov/nip/
• National Immunization Hotline
  800-232-2522 (English) or 800-232-0233 (Spanish)
• Do Multiple Vaccines Weaken an Infant's Immune System?
  http://www.aap.org/family/multvaccines.htm
• Standards for Pediatric Immunization Practices
  (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1996.)
  This booklet represents the consensus of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee and a broad group of medical and public health experts about what constitute the most desirable immunization practices.
  Availability Information:
  http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00020935.htm
  or http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4205.pdf
  Illinois' Help Me Grow helpline:
  1-800-323-GROW (voice and TTY)
• Healthy Child Care Illinois
  (Illinois Department of Human Services)
  Healthy Child Care Illinois, modeled after the Healthy Child Care America campaign, works to improve the health and safety of child care by linking child care to health care.
  Availability Information:
  http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=30516
  Beverly English at 217-557-3108
• Health Beat Fact Sheets
  (Illinois Department of Public Health)
  These informational fact sheets provide recent information about a variety of health issues from chicken pox and asthma to head lice and holiday cooking.
  Availability Information:
  http://www.idph.state.il.us/public/hbhome.htm
  Telephone: 217-782-4977 or 800-547-0466 (TTY)
• Kids Aren't Just Small Adults
  Important information about giving nonprescription medicine to your child. (1998. FDA) Free.
  Availability Information:
  Telephone: 1-888-878-3256
  http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/kidsare.html
• Healthy Child Care America (American Academy of Pediatrics)
  http://www.healthychildcare.org
• Kids Health
  http://kidshealth.org/
• Office of Children's Health Protection (United States Environmental Protection Agency)
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage
• MedLine Plus (National Library of Medicine)
  http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childhoodimmunization.html
• Infection Detection Protection
  This site was created by the American Museum of Natural History as an aid to parents and children in understanding causes and prevention of infectious illness.
  http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/infectionindex.html
• Educating Children and Youth To Prevent Contagious Disease (1999 ERIC Digest)
  Students of all ages can learn about disease prevention in a developmentally appropriate manner.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-3/disease.htm
• Guide to Contraindications to Childhood Vaccinations
  (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, 2000.)
  Based on the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, this handy 20-page booklet is designed for providers of childhood vaccinations. Common symptoms and conditions are listed to help providers determine which should be considered contraindications for all the routine childhood (pre-adolescent) vaccinations and which should not. Publication # 00-6562.
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/vac-admin/downloads/contraindications_guide.pdf

Resources for Children

• My Book about Shots
  (© 1994 Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.)
  This easy-to-read coloring book gives children basic information about shots in language they will understand.
  Availability Information:
  Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.
  200 State Road
  South Deerfield, MA 01373
  Phone: 800-628-7733 (item #57034M-11-00)
• Going to the Doctor
  (© 1996 Channing L. Bete Co., Inc.)
  by T. Berry Brazelton, Alfred Womack (Illustrator), Sam Ogden (Photographer), sa Ogden
  Availability Information:
  your local library and at http://www.Amazon.com
• The Prevention Convention
  This information on preventing infectious disease from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is for children and can be printed as a coloring page.
  Availability Information:
  http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/infection/07_prv/07_prv.html

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