Pediatricians may want to print copies or purchase the following resources for the waiting room and/or to hand out to parents who are vaccine-hesitant.

Importance of Immunizing

• Importance of Immunizing:
  http://www.aap.org/immunization/families/whyimmunize.html

• The Importance of Childhood Immunizations:
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/howvpd.htm

• The Parents Guide to Childhood Immunizations, a free educational tool introducing parents to the 13 childhood diseases and the nine vaccines that can protect children from them:
  http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/parents-guide/default.htm

• Offit PA, Bell LM. Vaccines: What You Should Know. New York, NY: IDG Books; 2003.
• Humiston SG, Good C. Vaccinating Your Child: Questions and Answers for the Concerned Parent. Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers; 2000.
• Fisher MC. Immunizations and Infectious Diseases: An Informed Parent’s Guide. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2005.

Evaluating Information the Web

• National Network for Immunization Information:
  http://www.immunizationinfo.org/parents/evaluatingWeb.cfm

• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center:
  http://vaccine.chop.edu/parents

Pediatricians may find the following information helpful for their own information and use.

• Offitt PA, Quarles J, Gerber MA, et al. Addressing parent’s concerns: do multiple vaccines overwhelm or weaken the infant’s immune system? Pediatrics. 2002;109:124.
• Marshall GS, Dennehy PH, Greenberg DP, Offit PA, Tan TQ. The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2003.
• Refusal to Vaccinate form:
  http://www.aap.org/immunization/pediatricians/RefusaltoVaccinate.doc

• Resources on various reasons for parental refusal to vaccinate:
  http://www.aap.org/immunization/pediatricians/refusaltovaccinate.html