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Prevent Disease with Immunizations

Prevent Disease with Immunizations. Barbara (Bobbi) P. Clarke, PhD, RD; Professor, Community Health Education Laura L. Jones, MS; Extension Assistant, Community Health Education. Immunizations are Not Just for Kids. Are you up-to-date on your ADULT immunizations?

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Prevent Disease with Immunizations

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  1. Prevent Disease with Immunizations Barbara (Bobbi) P. Clarke, PhD, RD; Professor, Community Health Education Laura L. Jones, MS; Extension Assistant, Community Health Education

  2. Immunizations are Not Just for Kids • Are you up-to-date on your ADULT immunizations? • Flu: all adults, every year • Diphtheria:every 10 years • Tetanus:every 10 years • Pertussis:adults under 65 years • Shingles: adults 60 years and older • HPV: adult women 19-26 • Pneumonia: adults 65 and older • Hepatitis B:health care workers, dialysis patients, overseas travelers, sexual partners of Hepatitis B carriers, sexually active adults, users of IV drugs

  3. Questions to Ask Your Doctor • Find out if you are up-to-date with your immunizations. • Discuss concerns about safety and risk.

  4. Immunization Recommendations • Start early when your child is an infant. • Stick to an immunization schedule. • Call your doctor and ask if you should postpone an immunization when you or your child is sick.

  5. Pay Attention to Reactions • Ask your doctor: • What type of reaction can I expect from the shot? • Redness/soreness at the site? • Total body reaction (such as flu-like symptoms)? • What are normal and abnormal reactions from vaccines? • If a reaction occurs, what should I do?

  6. Always Share with Your Doctor • Provide a thorough medical history. • Report reactions you or your child is experiencing from an immunization. • Report any allergies.

  7. Record Your Immunizations • Keep an immunization record for each family member. • Include dates, type of immunizations and any side effects.

  8. Immunizations for Travelers • You can avoid cholera, typhoid, hepatitis and yellow fever by: • Planning ahead to get immunizations. • Knowing the latest immunization(s) needed for an area by consulting your physician or this Web site: http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/contvaccinations.aspx • Adding travel immunizations to your family record.

  9. Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know About Immunizations? • TRUE or FALSE • Once a child (or adult) has been vaccinated, she/he is immune for life. • Children shouldn’t be vaccinated until they start school. • If a child is ill, she/he probably shouldn’t receive a vaccination. • Immunizations are completely safe. • Children don’t need Hepatitis B Vaccines. Pick up an exhibit brochure for your answers.

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