Information for Health Care Personnel

Adolescent Immunization Schedules  

• Recommended immunization schedule for persons aged 0 through 18 years 
  
• Catch-up Schedule for persons age 4 months through 18 years who start late or who are more than 1 month behind

Tips for Protecting Pre-Teens and Teens in Your Practice 

• Provide multiple vaccines in a single visit
• Do not miss an opportunity to vaccinate
• Recommend vaccines! As a health care professional, your opinion matters.
• Use reminder and recall tools to get patients in your office (the Michigan Care Improvement Registry can help)
• Utilize standing orders
• Assess your vaccination efforts and provide feedback to your staff
• For more tips, click here.

MDCH Resources for Providers  

• Recommendations on the Use of Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine in Males - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) (December 2011)
• MDCH: HPV4 for Males: Frequently Asked Questions(December 2011)
• Letter to HCP on Adolescent Vaccines (April 2012)
• Healthy Camp Guidelines 
• Adolescent Immunization Toolkit  
• Adolescent Immunization Poster Gallery (posters and flyers for parents and adolescents) 
• Quick Looks 
• Communicable Disease School Rules  
• Meningococcal Disease and Vaccine Information
• Pertussis (Whooping Cough) Disease and Vaccine Information
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Disease and Vaccine Information

AIM Coalition Resources  

• AIM Provider Toolkit Adolescent Folder 
• Immunization Administration Resources 
• Assess Patients for Needed Vaccines Before They Graduate 

Additional Resources  

• Article (abstract): Human Papillomavirus Vaccine and Sexual Behavior Among Adolescent and Young Women 
• CDC Preteen and Teen Vaccine Website
  • For Health Care Professionals/Providers 
• Tdap Vaccination Strategies for Adults and Adolescents, including Health Care Personnel (Joint Commission)
• Vaccines and Teens: The Busy Social Years (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia)
• Order VFC posters and tear pads for your office 
• MSA Bulletin 10-02: HPV Coverage Update (1/21/10)
• Cervical Cancer Prevention Action Planner (PATH)
• Be Confident! HPV Education Campaign (Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses)