When do adolescents and young adults need shots and what shots do they need?

Vaccines Needed by Teens and College Students
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/teen-schedule.htm

Immunization of Adolescents
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, and the American Medical Association, November 22, 1996
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4513.pdf

Are You 11-19 Years Old? Then You Need to Be Vaccinated Against These Serious Diseases!
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4020.pdf

When Do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations? (a picture of the shot schedule)
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4050.pdf
  
Information about the hepatitis B vaccine series

Hepatitis B: Questions and Answers
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4205.pdf

All Kids Need Hepatitis B Shots!
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/4055kidb.pdf

Every day, teens are infected with hepatitis B
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4100tee.pdf

Every week hundreds of sexually active people get hepatitis B. Get protected! Get vaccinated!
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/4112std.pdf

Hepatitis B Prevention Mandates
(state laws regarding hepatitis B vaccination)
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/laws/hepb.htm
  
Information about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection (web section)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/std/hpv

HPV Vaccine Questions & Answers (brochure)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/hpv-vaccine.pdf

Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
Source: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, March 23, 2007
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5602a1.htm?s_cid=rr5602a1_e

ACOG Committee Opinion No. 344: Human Papillomavirus Vaccination
Authors: Committee on Adolescent Health Care; ACOG Working Group on Immunization
Source: Obstet Gynecol, September 2006, Vol. 108(3 Pt 1):699-705
Click here for link to full text (subscribers only)
Click here for excerpts from the full recommendations

HPV: Questions and Answers
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4207.pdf

Human Papillomavirus
Source: National Network for Immunization Information
www.immunizationinfo.org/vaccineInfo/vaccine_detail.cfv?id=53

A Look at Each Vaccine: Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
Source: Vaccine Education Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
www.chop.edu/consumer/jsp/division/generic.jsp?id=84544
 
Information about influenza vaccine

Prevention of Influenza: Recommendations for Influenza Immunization of Children, 2007-2008
Source: Pediatrics, April 1, 2008;121(4):e1016-e1031
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/121/4/e1016
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/121/4/e1016

ACIP Provisional Recommendations for the Prevention and Control of Influenza (2008-2009 influenza season)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, March 21, 2008
www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/provisional/downloads/flu-3-21-08-508.pdf

Information for college students about the meningococcal vaccine

Notice to Readers: Revised Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to Vaccinate All Persons Aged 11--18 Years with Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine
Source: MMWR, August 10, 2007; 56(31):794-795
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5631a3.htm
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5631.pdf

Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Source: MMWR, May 27, 2005, Vol. 54(RR07):1-21
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5407.pdf

Prevention and Control of Meningococcal Disease and Meningococcal Disease and College Students: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
Source: MMWR, June 30, 2000, Vol. 49(RR07):1-32
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr4907.pdf

Meningococcal Disease: Frequently Asked Questions
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/meningococcal_g.htm

Meningococcal Meningitis
Source: American College Health Association
www.acha.org/projects_programs/meningitis/index.cfm

Off to College? What you should know about meningococcal disease.
Source: California Department of Health Services
www.dhs.ca.gov/ps/dcdc/izgroup/pdf/IMM688.pdf

Meningococcal Prevention Mandates for Colleges and Universities
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/laws/menin.htm

Meningococcal: Questions and Answers
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4210.pdf
  
Information about the Tdap Vaccine

Preventing Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis Among Adolescents: Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccines
Source: MMWR, March 24, 2006, Vol. 55(RR03):1-49
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5503.pdf

Vaccine Information Statement (VIS) for Tdap Vaccine
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Available on IAC’s website in English and a choice of other languages at:
www.immunize.org/vis/vis_tdap.asp

Tetanus: Questions and Answers
www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4220.pdf
  
Information about whooping cough (pertussis) for adolescents

Whooping cough (pertussis) information for adolescents
Source: Society for Adolescent Medicine
www.adolescenthealth.org/whoopingcough.html
 
Updated information on mumps and mumps vaccination

Notice to Readers: Updated Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the Control and Elimination of Mumps
Source: MMWR, June 9, 2006, Vol. 55(22):629-630
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5522a4.htm
 
Information about vaccines recommended for travel

Travel Vaccination
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.vaccineinformation.org/topics/travel.asp
 
Risk of blood-born infections with tattooing and body piercing

Tattooing and Body Piercing Information
Source: Immunization Action Coalition
www.immunize.org/tattoos/index.htm

This page was reviewed on December 18, 2007