Lockhart ISD School Health Advisory Council

vaccines

Protect Preteens with Three Recommended Vaccines
Research shows that most preteens go to the doctor only when they're sick, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that a preteen checkup is crucial, and has launched a new campaign encouraging checkups and immunizations for 11- and 12-year-olds. Dr. Anne Schuchat asserts that "many parents do not realize that some childhood vaccines [...] wear off over time and, as they get older, young people are at risk for exposure to different diseases at school, camp, or in other new situations." The campaign stresses the importance of administering the three preteen vaccines, which protect against meningitis, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, and cervical cancer.

Read the report at:
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/
pressrel/2007/r070801.htm

posted by Beth Limbrick @ 10:10 AM