 Let's Play Catch Up is part of the Let’s RISE CDC Initiative to provide actionable strategies, resources, and data to support getting all Americans back on schedule with their routine immunizations to protect everyone from vaccine-preventable diseases and disability.
Many children missed check-ups and recommended childhood vaccinations over the past few years. CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend children catch up on routine childhood vaccinations and get back on track for school, childcare, and beyond.
Well-Child Visits and Recommended Vaccinations Are Essential
Well-child visits and recommended vaccinations are essential and help make sure children stay healthy. Children who are not protected by vaccines are more likely to get diseases like measles and whooping cough. These diseases are extremely contagious and can be very serious, especially for babies and young children. In recent years, there have been outbreaks of these diseases, especially in communities with low vaccination rates.
Well-child visits are essential for many reasons, including:
Routinely Recommended Vaccines for Children and Adolescents
Getting children and adolescents caught up with recommended vaccination is the best way to protect them from a variety of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Additional CDC Resources:
2023 Recommended Immunizations
Vaccine Schedule: Birth - 6 Years
Vaccine Schedule: 7-18 Years
General Vaccination Strategies
Reinforce confidence in routine vaccines
Make vaccination a sustainable practice to increase vaccine coverage
Childhood Vaccination Strategies
Help children get free vaccines
Add routine vaccination to the back-to-school checklist
Use reminder and recall systems to notify families
Patient Education Talking Points and Visual Aids
Social media content to encourage catch-up and routine vaccination
Vaccine communications resources to use or share
Childhood Vaccination Resources for Healthcare Providers | CDC
The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Bureau of Immunization Services (BIZS) also has an Immunization Quality Improvement for Providers (IQIP) team that works with Vaccines for Children (VFC) providers over the course of a year to identify ways to improve immunization coverage rates for child and adolescent immunizations in their practices. If your site is a participating VFC provider and is interested in an IQIP visit, please contact ArizonaVFC@azdhs.gov to connect with the team.
Additional IQIP resources from the ADHS BIZS can be found here.
The Bureau of Immunization Services (BIZS) has clinical staff available to assist with your immunization questions (or contact your local county health department).
Kate Whitman, MSE, BSN Kathleen.Whitman@azdhs.gov, 480-259-5342
Sharon Sweeney, MPH, BSN Sharon.Sweeney@azdhs.gov, 480-261-5557
|
