Immunizations for Preteens

Immunizations for foreign travel.

One of the most important aspects of preparing travelers for destinations throughout the world is providing them with immunizations. Before administering any vaccines, however, a careful health and immunization history and travel itinerary should be obtained in order to determine vaccine indications and contraindications. There are three categories of immunizations for foreign travel. The first...

Immunizations for Military Trainees

Immunizations for adults and children.

Traffic Safety–Related Priorities for Preteens and Adolescents

Significant progress has been made in reducing the number of motor vehicle crash (MVC) injuries among young children in the United States. From 1996 to 2012, there was a 55% decline in MVC fatalities and a 53% decline in MVC injuries among children ages 14 and younger. 1-3 Despite this success, maintaining appropriate restraint use as children age continues to be a challenge. In 2013, 2% of chi...

Adolescent Immunizations

Vaccines are among most victorious and gainful public health strategies for averting deadly communicable disease. Thus far, most of the accessible immunization programs reached children younger than 5 years which have effectively reduced worldwide infant and child death. Consequently; thousands of adults and hundreds of children still die every year in the earth from vaccinepreventable serious ...