Issue Number
270 September
5, 2001
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE
- Many IAC revisions now available on IAC's website!
- Nine new hepatitis prevention program descriptions added
to IAC's website on preventing hepatitis A, B, and C in communities at risk
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September 5, 2001
MANY IAC REVISIONS NOW AVAILABLE ON IAC'S WEBSITE!
The Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) has many newly revised materials on its website. To read or download these
new items, visit the links below:
- DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL IMMUNIZATION RESOURCES (interim
update). A comprehensive guide to organizations, websites, hotlines, and books that provide a wide array of
immunization resources for health professionals, policymakers, and the public.
To read, download, or submit an order for a hard copy of this important
resource, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/resources
NOTE: Publication of a full revision is anticipated later this year.
- "Ask the Experts." A compilation of current and past
questions and answers written by CDC experts that have been previously published in
NEEDLE TIPS: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p2021.htm
- "Community-Based Immunization Clinic Supplies Checklist."
Use this checklist to help determine supplies needed to bring to an immunization
clinic, such as vaccines, vaccine supplies, emergency kit, and office supplies: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3046chk.htm
- "Sample Vaccination Clinic Notification Letter." A sample
letter you can use to keep the primary care provider informed about vaccinations
administered in your immunization clinic: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p3060not.htm
- "Are You 11 to 19 Years Old? Then You Need to Be
Vaccinated!" Covers all vaccinations for teenagers: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4020.htm
Revisions are now available in the following translations:
- "Screening Questionnaire for Child and Teen Immunization"
in the Hmong language. A form for the patient's parent/guardian to fill out to
help staff evaluate which vaccines can be given at that day's visit: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4060-02.htm
Thanks to St. Paul-Ramsey Co. Public Health for this translation.
To obtain the English-language version, go to: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4060scr.htm
- "Screening Questionnaire for Adult Immunization" in the
Hmong language. A form your adult patients fill out to help you evaluate which
vaccines can be given at that day's visit: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065hm.htm
Thanks to St. Paul-Ramsey Co. Public Health for this translation.
To obtain the English-language version, go to: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4065scr.htm
- "Hepatitis B 100 Times Easier to Catch than HIV!"
in the
Turkish language. A brochure for men who have sex with men. Thanks to Drs.
Mustafa Kozanoglu and Murat Serbest of Adana, Turkey, for their translation. For a camera-ready copy, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4115tu.pdf
To obtain the English-language version, go to: http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4115.htm
- New IAC flyer announcing the availability of two
important resources: "Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Slide Set and Script" and "Photo
Notebook of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases." For a copy of flyer, go to:
http://www.immunize.org/news.d/6025pix.pdf
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NINE NEW HEPATITIS PREVENTION PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS ADDED TO IAC'S WEBSITE ON PREVENTING HEPATITIS A, B, AND C IN
COMMUNITIES AT RISK
IAC's hepatitis prevention programs website, http://www.hepprograms.org/,
now features 50 innovative programs from around the nation! The most recently added programs include:
Erie County Department of Health
http://www.hepprograms.org/std/std9.asp
Hampden County Correctional and Community Health Program
http://www.hepprograms.org/juven/juven6.asp
Macon County Department of Community Health
http://www.hepprograms.org/drug/drug6.asp
Mid America Immunization Coalition
http://www.hepprograms.org/school/school1.asp
New Mexico Health Care for the Homeless
http://www.hepprograms.org/drug/drug5.asp
North Carolina Division of Public Health School-Site Hepatitis B Immunization
Initiative
http://www.hepprograms.org/school/school2.asp
San Francisco Department of Public Health Hepatitis Prevention Program
http://www.hepprograms.org/adult/adult5.asp
Texas Department of Health Hepatitis A Vaccine Initiative
http://www.hepprograms.org/other/other3.asp
Virginia Department of Health
http://www.hepprograms.org/std/std8.asp
We also have added many more links to resources about viral hepatitis. For more information, visit:
http://www.hepprograms.org
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