For Specific Groups of People
While many vaccines are routinely recommended for most people, each person has a unique medical profile (overall health, use of medication, family and personal disease history) that can affect decisions about vaccination.
Work with your healthcare professional to choose the best health strategy for you, including choices about vaccination.
Adoptions
Adults
- Site for adults to learn about the vaccines they may need
- Adult quiz
Take this quiz to find out which vaccines YOU may need. This quiz provides information for people age 11 years and older. - Adult immunization schedule
Children (2-10 years old)
College Students and Young Adults
Healthcare Professionals/Providers
- Site for healthcare professionals/providers
- Resources for those vaccinating HCWs
- Storage & Handling of Vaccine Supplies
Storage temperatures, emergency procedures, manufacturers' contacts, vaccine management recommedations, etc. - Vaccine Administration Protocols Dosage, route, and site guidelines; screening and checklists; reference tables; comforting techniques, etc.
- Patient Education: Materials for parents and adult patients
- Immunization Training
- See also Healthcare Workers
Healthcare Workers
Infants and Toddlers
Kid-Friendly Sites
- Kid-friendly sites (both CDC and other organizations)
- Vaccines & the Immune System
Explains vaccines and how they work in your body. - Disease Detectives
- Rabies and Kids
Rabies is a serious disease caused by a virus. Visit this interesting website to find out how to protect yourself and your pets.
Parents
- CDC's "For Parents: Vaccines for Your Children" website
- Protect Your Child at Every Age
Information about vaccines given by child's age
- Protect Your Child at Every Age
- Diseases and the Vaccines that Prevent Them
- Who Sets the Immunization Schedule?
- Parents Who Question Vaccines
People With Specific Diseases/Conditions
- Adults with special health conditions
For example, asplenia, diabetes, heart disease, renal disease... - Who should not get vaccinated
- Clinical contraindications (for healthcare professionals)
- More resources for vaccinating people with specific diseases/conditions
Pregnant Women
- Vaccines Before, During, and After Pregnancy
Vaccine safety, your vaccine history, important vaccines to consider for women planning a pregnancy - Clinical guidelines for vaccinating pregnant women
Includes routine and travel - Print materials about immunizations and pregnancy
(flu specific)
Vaccines help keep a pregnant woman and her growing family healthy.
Preteens and Teens
- CDC's preteens and teens vaccines site
- Preteens and Teens Need Vaccines Too!
- Quiz (What vaccines do you need?)
Take this quiz to find out which vaccines YOU may need. This quiz provides information for people age 11 years and older. - Adolescent immunization schedule (7 through 18 years old)
- Clinical resources for healthcare professionals
Vaccine recommendations and administration tools, and materials to assist healthcare professionals in speaking with patients and their parents about adolescent vaccines - Preteen and teen vaccine resources for partners
Program Managers
Racial & Ethnic Populations
- Korean and Vietnamese pre-teen and teen print materials
- Highlights From the National Healthcare Disparities Report
The sixth NHDR from HHS and mandated by the US Congress, 2008 - Disparities by Race, Socioeconomics
- Disparities by Age
Refugees and Immigrants
Spanish-speaking
- CDC's Vacunas e inmunización sitio web
Spanish materials for those speaking and reading in Spanish language... - Inmunizaciónes para Bebés
Immunizations for Babies - Calendario de vacunaciones recomendadas para
adultos [1 página] & niños [2 páginas]
Adult and childhood immunization schedules - Vaccination materials and resources in Spanish
Spanish materials for those wanting to learn about vaccination of infants and young children, preteens and teens, adults...
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