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Protect your child.
A guide for parents. Be wise - immunise
Title:
Protect your child. A guide for parents. Be wise - immunise. |
Latest
edition:
HPA, August 2003. |
Publication history:
First published
in February 2002 on behalf of the Department of Health, Social
Services and Public
Safety
(DHSSPS). Revised version reprinted in August 2003. |
Description:
This booklet explains what immunisation is and how it works.
It also explains how and why you should protect your child using
the immunisations available by comparing the effects of the
diseases (polio, diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough (pertussis),
Hib and meningococcal group C) against the side effects of these
vaccines. Information on what to do if your child develops a
high temperature after immunisation, when children should not
be immunised, common questions on immunisations and a timetable
of routine childhood immunisations are also included. |
Format:
A5, 12 pages, booklet. |
Other
formats:
Also available as a PDF in English
(720kb), Arabic (1.21Mb),
Cantonese (1.47Mb), Hindi
(1.33Mb), Irish (681kb),
Urdu (1.31Mb). |
Target
group:
Parents of children aged 2-4 months. |
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Additional information:
Available from Central
Health Promotion Resource Services, GP surgeries and
health visitors. Full
colour versions have also been produced in Arabic, Cantonese,
Hindi,
Irish and
Urdu. For
details of the minority ethnic groups that the HPA distributes
resources
to click here.
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