CHAMPS has compiled the following resources addressing adult and child/adolescent routine vaccinations, the influenza vaccine, the COVID-19 vaccine, and resources that address vaccine hesitancy.
If you utilize a clinical resource appropriate for health center clinicians and clinical support staff that is not listed on this webpage, please contact the CHAMPS Clinical Quality Improvement Director.
ROUTINE CHILD/ADOLESCENT VACCINES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2024 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule by Age
Immunization schedules for children and adolescents aged 18 or younger.
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger — United States, 2024
The 2024 immunization changes to the cover page, tables, notes, and appendix from the 2023 immunization schedule.
Grow Up Healthy Growth Chart
This growth chart features recommended immunizations and expected developmental milestones for babies/children ages 2 months to 5 years.
Keep It That Way Communication Effort
This communications effort aims to raise awareness about the risk of disease and the importance of routine childhood vaccination in preventing illness and death.
Recommended Catch-up Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Who Start Late or Who Are More than 1 Month Behind
Catch-up immunization schedule for children and adolescents who are behind on immunizations.
Schedule Changes and Guidelines
Child and adolescent immunization schedule changes for 2024.
Give2menacwy.org
Top 10 Ways to Improve Adolescent Immunization Rates
Lists different strategies to improve immunization rates in adolescents.
Immunize.org
Tips for Locating Old Immunization Records – English
Information about finding old immunization records in English and Spanish.
Nemours KidsHealth
Immunization Schedule
Parent resource explaining the recommended immunizations from birth to 18 years old. Also available in Spanish.
ROUTINE ADULT VACCINES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
2024 Adult Immunization Schedule by Age
Immunization schedule for adults ages 19 or older.
Schedule Changes and Guidelines
Adult immunization schedule changes for 2024 by vaccine.
Standards for Adult Immunization Practice
These standards reflect the need for all healthcare professionals to take steps to ensure adult patients get the vaccines they need.
Mayo Clinic
Vaccines for Adults: Which do you need?
Patient-facing information for staying on top of vaccines as an adult.
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Lining Up the Shot: 4 Standards for Adult Immunization Practice
This is a five-part series of 3 to 5-minute videos that help health center staff apply the four Standards for Adult Immunization Practice developed by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee.
Strategies to Address Policy Barriers to Adult Immunizations in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs)
This white paper outlines policy barriers and strategies that specifically impact FQHCs in efforts to increase adult immunization rates among medically underserved patients.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Risk Less. Do More Campaign
This is a campaign to promote vaccination and includes downloadable graphics with tested messages tailored for a range of audiences, including 65+, caregivers, pregnant people, and more.
Vaccines for Adults
Vaccine information and schedules for adults of different age ranges. Includes adults ages 19 through 26, ages 26 through 64, and ages 65 and older.
INFLUENZA VACCINE RESOURCES
American Academy of Pediatrics
Preparing for Flu Season
Resources to help providers prepare for and maximize influenza vaccination rates each year.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Communication Resource Center
Free downloadable flu communication and education materials.
Influenza Vaccination Information for Healthcare Workers
Information on the importance of all healthcare workers getting a flu vaccine.
Influenza Vaccination: What Everyone Should Know
Resources cover topics including key facts, data on the current flu season, people at risk for flu complications, vaccine safety, and vaccine benefits.
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
Flu Shots for Medicare Patients
People who are 65 and older are at high risk of having serious health complications from the flu. This website has information about coverage of the flu vaccine for Medicare patients.
Increasing Flu Shot Outreach & Uptake
Provider and clinic resources for improving flu vaccine uptake.
Immunization Action Coalition (IAC)
Influenza Vaccines Handouts
Handouts and other resources for administering the influenza vaccine.
Sample Vaccination Declination Form for Personnel
Sample declination form that can be used by any organization to encourage healthcare workers to get a flu shot.
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)
Influenza Vaccination Technical Assistance Materials for Health Centers Curated by the Flu LEAD (Linkages to End Access Disparities) Team
This document contains technical assistance resources for health centers and other Health Center Program stakeholders interested in supporting clinical and community efforts to increase seasonal influenza vaccination rates.
TED-ED
Why Do You Need to Get a Flu Shot Every Year?
Video featuring vaccinologist Dr. Melvin Sanicas explaining why one needs to get the flu vaccine every year.
COVID-19 VACCINE RESOURCES
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
COVID-19 Vaccines While Pregnant or Breastfeeding
COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all people 6 months and older, including people who are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant now, or might become pregnant in the future.
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Critical Updates on COVID-19
A comprehensive resource on COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in children.
Association of Immunization Managers
Immunization Program Directory
The CDC has funded 2024-2025 vaccines to be distributed to public health jurisdictions. Contact your State Immunization Manager to access free vaccines, which are intended both for uninsured and underinsured adults.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
COVID-19 Vaccines for Moderately to Severely Immunocompromised People
CDC recommends that moderately to severely immunocompromised people should receive at least 1 dose of a 2023-2024 updated COVID-19 vaccine.
Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine
For children and teens, the experience of getting a COVID-19 vaccine will be very similar to the experience of getting routine vaccines. This webpage includes resources on how to talk to children and teens about the COVID-19 vaccination.
Underlying Medical Conditions Associated with Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19: Information for Healthcare Providers
This webpage provides an evidence-based resource for healthcare providers caring for patients with underlying medical conditions at higher risk of developing severe outcomes of COVID-19. Severe outcomes are defined as hospitalization, admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), intubation or mechanical ventilation, or death.
Vaccination Considerations for People who are Pregnant or Breastfeeding
This summary information discusses the recommendations for COVID-19 vaccination of people who are pregnant.
Vaccine For Children Program Eligibility Criteria
COVID-19 vaccines are included in the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program. CHCs can obtain free COVID-19 vaccines (both initial doses and boosters) to provide to uninsured and underinsured children through age 18.
Vacunas
CDC vaccine information and resources in Spanish.
V-safe After Vaccination Health Checker
V-safe provides personalized and confidential health check-ins via text messages and web surveys so you can quickly and easily share with the CDC how you, or your dependent, feel after getting a COVID-19 vaccine. This information helps the CDC monitor the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in near real-time.
What to Expect at Your Appointment to Get Vaccinated for COVID-19
This webpage now offers eight translations of “Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines” and information for the public before, during, and after vaccination with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Scroll to the bottom to find the fact sheets.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine
Up-to-date guidance on recommendations for COVID-19 vaccine and COVID-19 boosters.
COVID-19
This website provides various resources for healthcare providers including information about CMS billing, payment, vaccine coding, quality reporting, and more.
Community Health Association of Mountain/Plains States (CHAMPS)
History of COVID-19 Vaccination Authorization PDF
Compilation of FDA authorizations and CDC recommendations from August 2021 to October 2023.
Direct Relief
Free Adult COVID-19 Vaccines to CHCs
Direct Relief is providing free adult 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines to CHCs. To order vaccines, CHCs must enroll as a health care partner with Direct Relief.
Public Health Foundation (PHF)
Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US
The Public Health Foundation (PHF), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed an educational video, Understanding the ACIP and How Vaccine Recommendations are Made in the US, to help inform viewers about the process, science, and safety behind vaccine recommendations.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Juntos Si Podemos
HHS has launched a Spanish-language website better to serve the Spanish-speaking population in the United States. The website offers a full navigation experience in Spanish and has all the resources partner organizations need to increase public confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among Spanish speakers.
We Can Do This
This COVID-19 public education campaign is a national initiative to increase public confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines while reinforcing basic prevention measures through a nationwide network of trusted messengers and consistent, fact-based, public health messaging.
Vaccinate Your Family
State of the ImmUnion Report
Vaccinate Your Family has released the 2023 State of the ImmUnion report. This report analyzes immunization rates and explores barriers to vaccination and potential solutions.
Vaccinate Your Family Toolkit
Vaccinate Your Family has a toolkit of graphics, talking points, and FAQs on the COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for kids under five.
Vaccine Finder
Vaccine Finder
This online tool helps you find clinics, pharmacies, and other locations that offer COVID-19 vaccines in the United States.
ADDRESSING VACCINE HESITANCY
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
AAP Reports Offers Strategies to Counter Vaccine Hesitancy
This report discusses the effects of vaccine hesitancy, communicating effectively about vaccines, and policies to address vaccine refusal or delay.
American Medical Association (AMA)
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Ten Tips for Talking with Patients
Information about low COVID-19 vaccine rates and how physicians can help increase those numbers.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
12 COVID-19 Vaccination Strategies for Your Community
A Field Guide, developed by a team of researchers with the guidance of the country’s leading behavioral scientists, offers evidence-based intervention strategies and real-world examples to increase COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake.
How Vaccines are Developed and Approved for Use
General information regarding the steps of vaccine development, approval, and monitoring safety after approval.
Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines
This webpage contains accurate vaccine information that can help stop common myths and rumors about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Cleveland Clinic
How to Talk to Someone About Vaccine Hesitancy
This article covers the best ways to discuss vaccine hesitancy.
Global Citizen
Vaccine Hesitancy: What Is It and How Can We Fight It?
This article discusses details about how the reluctance or refusal to get vaccinated poses a major threat to global health.
Immunize.org
Vaccine Hesitancy: Resources and Information
Numerous resources about vaccines and addressing vaccine hesitancy.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy
This journal article provides primary care physicians with clinical guidance for addressing parental vaccine hesitancy.
Effective Approaches to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy
This journal article discusses effective strategies to address vaccine hesitancy.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Vaccine Hesitancy: A Growing Challenge for Immunization Programmes
This article discusses many factors that contribute to vaccine hesitancy.
Vaccines are the tugboats of preventive health.William Foege