Print Materials
Books
Booklets, pamphlets and other brief communications
Books
- Autism's False Prophets written by Paul Offit, MD, and published in 2008 by Columbia University Press. The book is also available from Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
- Do Vaccines Cause That?! A Guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns was written by Martin G. Myers, MD, and Diego Pineda and published in 2008. It is available from Do Vaccines Cause That?! and Amazon.com.
- The Pink Book - commonly known as "The Pink Book," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published the 11th edition of its comprehensive vaccine guide, "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" containing the latest information and updates on immunizations. VEC readers can get a 10 percent discount on the purchase of this and other PHF products using the discount code PACK10. (Offer expires 12/31/09)
- The Saturday Shot tells the story of a young girl going to the doctor's office for a check-up and vaccine. Written by a child for children, this book provides a child's perspective to getting immunized. Published in 2009, it is available from Tate Publishing.
- Vaccinated: One Man's Quest to Defeat the World's Deadliest Diseases written by Paul Offit, MD and published in 2007 by Smithsonian Books.
- Vaccinating Your Child: Questions & Answers for the Concerned Parent, second edition was written by Sharon Humiston, MD, MPH, and Cynthia Good and published in 2000 by Peachtree Publishers Ltd.
- Vaccines: What You Should Know, third edition was co-written and revised in 2003 by Paul Offit, MD, the director of the Vaccine Education Center, in collaboration with Louis Bell, MD. The book is available from Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, and Wiley.
- The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians was written by Gary Marshall, MD. The second edition was published in 2008 by PCI Books and is meant to help providers navigate the world of vaccinology.
- Yellow Book is an informational guide produced by the CDC that outlines medical information necessary for international travel.
- Your Child's Best Shot: A Parents Guide to Vaccination was written by the Canadian Pediatric Society in Ottawa, Ontario.
Booklets, pamphlets and other brief communications
Vaccines and Your Baby
Offered by the Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is available in English and Spanish.
Informational tear sheets
Offered by the Vaccine Education Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Please visit the Educational Materials for Parents for a list of informational tear sheets.
Vaccine Information Sheets (VIS)
These sheets are offered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and must be distributed to parents by law. You can get them by:
- Downloading from the CDC's Web site
- Contacting your state or local health department
- Downloading in one of 32 languages through the Immunization Action Coalition’s Web site.
CDC Pamphlets
Two pamphlets are available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
They can be obtained free-of-charge from the CDC by calling 1-800-CDC-INFO or online at www.cdc.gov/vaccines.
Plain Talk about Childhood Immunizations
Offered by the Public Health Department of Seattle and King County or from Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies at 1-800-322-2588.
Reviewed by: Paul A. Offit, MD
Date: July 2008
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