Childhood Immunization: Exemptions and Vaccine Safety

Childhood Immunization: Exemptions and Vaccine Safety

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Panelists:

Patricia Segal Freeman, JD, MPH, Policy Analyst, Minnesota Department of
Health, St. Paul, MN
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Rick Hogan, JD, MPH, Chief Legal Counsel, Arkansas Department of Health,
Little Rock, AR
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Melinda Wharton, MD, MPH, Acting Deputy Director, National Immunization Program, CDC, Atlanta, GA
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Moderator: Alan Hinman, MD, MPH, Principal Investigator, All Kids Count; and Senior Public Health Scientist, Task Force for Child Survival and Development, Atlanta, GA
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Learning Objectives:

Explain the scientific basis for childhood immunization, scientific knowledge about vaccine safety, and public health implications of low immunization rates; and
Describe current legal and legislative issues related to immunization exemptions and to vaccine safety.

Resource Material:

Websites

National Immunization Program: http://www.cdc.gov/nip/. You can also call the NIP Hotline: 1-800-232-2522 (English), 1-800-232-0233 (Spanish), 1-800-243-7889 (TTY)

Johns Hopkins, School of Public Health: http://www.vaccinesafety.edu/.

Specific National Immunization Program site for "FAQs on Thimerosal and Vaccines" http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/.

Institute of Medicine: http://www.iom.edu/. Click on "Reports" and then "Immunization Safety Review. Vaccines and Autism"

Immunization Action Coalition (IAC): http://www.immunize.org/safety/thimerosal.htm.

"Thimerosal in Vaccines" Source: Center for Biologics Research and Evaluation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm.

Minnesota Health Department Vaccine Safety Web Site: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/immunize/safety/.

National Network for Immunization Information: http://www.immunizationinfo.org/.

Articles

Parker, Sarah, et al., Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines and Autistic Spectrum Disorder: A Critical Review of Published Original Data, Pediatrics, 114:3 793-804, 2004.

Offit, Paul et al., Addressing Parents' Concerns: Do Vaccines Contain Harmful Preservatives, Adjuvants, Additives, or Residuals? Pediatrics, December 2003, Vol. 112(6):1394-1401

Salman, Daniel et al., Factors Associated With Refusal of Childhood Vaccines Among Parents of School-aged Children A Case-Control Study, Archives of Pediatric Adolescent Medicine, May 2005, Vol. 159:470-476

Salman, Daniel et al., Public Health and the Politics of School Immunization Requirements, American Journal of Public Health, May 2005, Vol. 95(5):778-783

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