When it comes to maintaining high vaccination rates, providers are key.
As a healthcare provider, you know that your patients and their families look to you to guide them in their health and medical decisions. Perhaps nowhere is that more important than in the area of vaccinations. Whether you’re a doctor, physician assistant, nurse or medical assistant, your recommendation matters. That is true of patients as well as policymakers.
Since non-medical exemptions to school vaccine requirements were first allowed in 2003, the number of parents opting their children out of school-required vaccines has increased 19 fold. While the vast majority of families still choose to vaccinate on time and according to the recommended schedule, some are electing to delay or forgo vaccines altogether. As a provider, you can help combat misinformed fears and shape science-based immunization policies to protect the health and safety of our schools and communities.
If you want to join efforts to improve and maintain high vaccination rates in our state, here are 3 things you can do today:
- Join our mailing list to receive information about upcoming educational events or legislative updates concerning immunization.
- Attend one of our upcoming events or webinars.
- Stay up-to-date with policy issues impacting immunizations by signing up to receive our legislative updates for the Texas State Legislature.
