This program has been designed to provide Extension educators with PowerPoint presentations which address immunizations across the life span. The program was developed with funds provided by the National Extension Health Initiative, Healthy People . . . Healthy Communities, for distribution through the National Immunization Workgroup.

The PowerPoint presentation is composed of four sessions. Session One discusses what immunizations are and the role of immunizations in protecting health, and provides tips for keeping up with your immunizations. What immunizations are important for children and teens are addressed in Session Two. Adult immunizations are covered in Session Three. A presentation on the influenza (Flu) vaccine is provided in Session Four. This program can be presented in its entirety or in parts depending on the audience. Photos of people with vaccine-preventable diseases (http://www.vaccineinformation.org/photos/) can be added to a presentation. Consider offering specific sessions during Children's Health Month in October, National Adult Immunizations Awareness Week in October, National Infant Immunization Week in April, and National Immunization Awareness Month in August prior to school starting in the Fall.

You may wish to work with community partners in coordinating a health fair or immunization clinic. Resources that can help you do this are listed under Other Sites of Interest.

Immunization Presentations

These are downloadable as Microsoft PowerPoint (ppt) presentations or as Adobe PDF (pdf) files.

	Session 1: Role of Immunizations in Protecting Your Health & Your Child's Health (ppt, pdf)
	Session 2: Child and Teen Immunizations (ppt, pdf)
	Session 3: Adult Immunizations (ppt, pdf)
	Session 4: Get the Flu Shot . . . Not the Flu (ppt, pdf)

Immunization Records and Schedules

These make excellent handouts.

Records
	Adults
	Children & Teens
Schedules
	Adult Immunization Schedule ~ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)
	Childhood & Adolescent Immunization Schedule ~ CDC
	Make a Personalized Vaccine Schedule (for children 5 years old or younger) ~ CDC

Other Sites of Interest

	Healthy People 2010 Immunization Objectives ~ HPHC
	National Network for Health Immunization Workgroup ~ HPHC
	Photos of People with Vaccine-preventable Diseases ~ Immunization Action Coalition
	Travelers' Health ~ CDC
	FCS Health & Safety - Immunizations
	fluFACTS.com ~ Roche Laboratories

Immunization ALERTS

Changes in immunizations schedules or types, shortages and other timely issues are posted here.

	Autism ~ IAC
	Flu Season Update ~ CDC
	Meningitis ~ IAC
	Smallpox ~ US Department of Health & Human Services
	Vaccine Shortages ~ CDC
	Vaccine Safety ~ IAC

Working with Community Partners

These resources may help you in coordinating a program with community partners.

	Setting Up An Immunization Clinic ~ Texas Agricultural Extension Service Health Hints Volume 2, Number 6 - July/August, 1998
	Kids Care Fair Program Kit ~ American Red Cross, 1995 Complete fit on how to coordinate and implement children's health and immunization fairs. Call (213) 739-6853.
	Health Fair Planning Guide ~ Texas Agricultural Extension Service
	National Adult Immunization Awareness Week ~ CDC
	National Infant Immunizations Week ~ CDC
	National Immunization Awareness Month ~ CDC

State Contact

Barbara (Bobbi) Clarke, PhD, RD
Professor & Extension Health Specialist,
Co-Director UT Center for Community Health Literacy
University of Tennessee Extension
Family & Consumer Sciences
119 Morgan Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4501
Telephone: (865) 974-8197
Fax: (865) 974-5370
E-mail: bclarke@utk.edu

For more information about the UT Extension Health & Safety programs, please contact your local County Extension FCS Agent .