CDC - Vaccine Preventable Disease for Parents of Infants and Young Children Conversations with Parents - Vaccines

Provider Resources for Vaccine Conversations with Parents

These updated plain language fact sheets are available in English and Spanish:

There are fact sheets in English and Spanish on the 14 different diseases that childhood diseases help prevent. See www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/patient-ed/conversations/prevent-diseases/provider-resources-factsheets-infants.html

Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them

For Parents of Infants and Young Children (Birth through Age 6)

Share facts and true stories about the 14 different diseases that childhood vaccines help prevent. See basics and in-depth disease fact sheets below.

There are 2 versions of each fact sheet. The "Disease Basics" include an overview of each vaccine-preventable disease and vaccine information. "Disease Basics" are available in Spanish as well as English. The "In-Depth Information" sheets use a narrative style and some include a true story about a family affected by a vaccine-preventable disease.

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Selected resources are listed as sources for additional information. Some articles are not readily available to the public, but are available under Selected Resources.

Vaccine-preventable disease
Disease Basics 6th-8th grade reading level	In-Depth Information 10th-12th grade reading level
Chickenpox (Varicella)
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Diphtheria
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Hepatitis A
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Hepatitis B
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Hib
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Influenza (flu)
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Measles
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Jul 2015 Posted Aug 2015 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2015 Posted Feb 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Mumps
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Pertussis (Whooping Cough)
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Jul 2015 Posted Aug 2015 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] B/W, Spanish [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Oct 2013 Posted Dec 2013
Pneumococcal Disease
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Polio
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Rotavirus
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Rubella
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Mar 2015	B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013
Tetanus
B/W, English [2 pages] Color, English [2 pages] Updated Feb 2014 Posted Nov 2014 Color, Spanish [2 pages] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013	B/W, English [1 page] Color, English [1 page] Updated Feb 2013 Posted Jun 2013

About These Materials

These materials, collectively called Provider Resources for Vaccine Conversations with Parents, have been developed by CDC, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP),

and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).

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