Additional Resources
Additional Resources for Influenza and Influenza Vaccination
The organizations listed below offer additional resources and information on influenza and influenza vaccination. Once you click on a link, you will leave the Mollen Immunization Clinics Web site. Not all of the resources listed below reflect the opinions of Mollen Immunization Clinics.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Childhood Immunization Support Program
AAP, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), created the Childhood Immunization Support Program to improve the nation's immunization delivery system by developing an infrastructure within AAP to support its members and provide education on immunization-related issues.
www.cispimmunize.org
American Lung Association
Faces of Influenza
The American Lung Association's
Faces of Influenza initiative features portraits of famous and not so famous Americans who represent groups that are recommended to receive an annual influenza vaccination.
Faces of Influenza includes compelling stories about individuals' personal experiences with influenza.
www.facesofinfluenza.org
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
American Public Health Association (APHA)
Influenza Preparedness
As part of its aim to protect all Americans and their communities from preventable, serious health threats such as influenza, APHA provides general information on all three categories of influenza: seasonal, pandemic and avian.
www.getreadyforflu.org/preparedness/influenza_main.htm
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA)
Flu (Influenza)
The AAFA Web site includes general information about influenza, focusing on prevention methods for high-risk individuals, who include children and people with chronic medical conditions like asthma, diabetes, heart disease and immune deficiency.
www.aafa.org/display.cfm?id=8&sub=16&cont=476
Flu Shot Finder
Mollen Immunization Clinics provides a Flu Shot Finder to help individuals asthma patients and others find conveniently located influenza clinics simply by entering their zip codes.
www.flushotsUSA.com
www.mollenflushots.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Recommendations
ACIP updated its annual recommendations in February 2008 for the prevention and control of influenza. The recommendations emphasized that all persons, including school-aged children, who want to reduce their risk of becoming ill with influenza or of transmitting influenza to others, should be vaccinated.
www.cdc.gov/flu
Influenza Web Site
CDC provides comprehensive influenza information and resources for patients and professionals. The CDC influenza Web site contains links to related sites, such as pandemic, avian and swine influenza.
www.cdc.gov/flu
Families Fighting Flu, Inc.
Families Fighting Flu, Inc.
Families Fighting Flu aims to provide support to all families affected by childhood influenza-related deaths or who have had their lives altered by influenza. The Families Fighting Flu Web site includes a section that discusses influenza prevention strategies, a Guestbook for sharing personal stories and a variety of assorted resources for information about the disease.
www.familiesfightingflu.org
Immunization Action Coalition
Immunization Action Coalition
The Immunization Action Coalition works to increase immunization rates and prevent the spread of disease by creating and distributing educational materials for health care professionals and the public. Immunize.org features a vast library of influenza-specific resources.
www.immunize.org/influenza
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
Influenza and Children with Asthma
NFID's online resources offer various approaches to increasing low influenza vaccination rates among children with asthma. The materials can be tailored for use within a variety of clinical settings to help support immunization efforts targeting childhood asthmatics.
http://influenzaasthma.nfidinitiatives.org
National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID)
Influenza and Children with Asthma
NFID's online resources offer various approaches to increasing low influenza vaccination rates among children with asthma. The materials can be tailored for use within a variety of clinical settings to help support immunization efforts targeting childhood asthmatics.
http://influenzaasthma.nfidinitiatives.org
Influenza Immunization Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
NFID, in partnership with CDC, launched television and radio PSA campaigns to educate Americans about the severity of influenza and the importance of annual vaccination throughout the influenza season.
http://influenzapsa.nfidinitiatives.org
Kids Need Flu Vaccine, Too!
NFID and AAP introduced the Kids Need Flu Vaccine, Too! initiative to provide health care professionals with resources to educate parents about childhood groups that are at risk for influenza-related complications, and the need to have them vaccinated against influenza every year.
http://kidsneedfluvaccinetoo.nfidinitiatives.org
National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
National Network for Immunization Information (NNii)
NNii provides comprehensive resources on a variety of vaccines and the diseases they prevent. NNii is affiliated with several organizations committed to improving public health.
www.immunizationinfo.org
Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs)
Flu's Gonna Lose
PKIDs' annual Flu's Gonna Lose campaign highlights four ways to stay healthy this year and offers many tools for organizations, clinics and PTAs/PTSAs to use when fighting the annual influenza battle.
www.pkids.org/dis_influ_fgl.php
Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs)
United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
HHS is the U.S. government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more than 300 programs and provides comprehensive information about diseases and conditions such as influenza.
www.hhs.gov/flu