Adolelescent Consent for Vaccines?

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The National Vaccine Advisory Committee

(NVAC) web pages have loads of valuable information that I think are worth

reading through and clicking and reading every doc that is posted. There is

very much a concentrated focus on mandated adolescent vaccines. The adolescent group is a "challenge,

opportunity, and goal" of the NVAC, and they seek to strengthen partnerships (school

"health clinics" are an excellent venue for them) to enforce these mandates.

Click the Mandates for Adolescent Immunizations DOC White Paper at the top of

this page (meeting starts this Monday) :

http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/agenda.html

Also, NVPO Strategic Issues in Vaccine

Research Funding Program was formerly "Unmet Needs" http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/june07.html

(Adolescents are a priority target for "unmet

needs".)Thursday, June 7

11:45 am

NVPO Strategic Issues in Vaccine Research Funding Program

(formerly Unmet Needs)

Ben Schwartz (NVPO) [PPT

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Home page of NVAC:

http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/index.html

Previous meetings have much info.:

http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/pmtgs.html

NVAC Working Groups:

http://www.hhs.gov/nvpo/nvac/wgroups.html

1. Adolescent Immunization:

The Working Group was developed by the Immunization Coverage Subcommittee

following the June 2004 meeting Strengthening the Delivery of New Vaccines to

Adolescents: A National Stakeholders Meeting sponsored by the CDC and the NVPO.

The charge to this working group is to develop a series of recommendations for

the programmatic and financial implementation of adolescent immunization

recommendations. This will be accomplished by:

Examination of available

evidence regarding adolescent immunization programs Examination of available

experience regarding adolescent immunization programs Determination of what

additional information is needed.

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