Don't Forget: ADULTS Need Immunizations Too!
Did you know that October is National Influenza Immunization Month? Yearly influenza immunizations for healthy working adults provide optimal protection and decrease absenteeism due to respiratory and other illnesses.
Immunization goes beyond vaccines for influenza. It is a primary preventative health strategy to protect people against various vaccine preventable diseases.
Importance of Immunizations:
- a key strategy in promoting health, protecting individuals and their community, including workplaces from vaccine preventable diseases
- up to date immunizations provides active protection from vaccine preventable diseases and their related complications
Some vaccines are received just once and can protect against specific illnesses throughout the lifespan, while other vaccines require a booster shot after a specified amount of time. Many adults may believe that illnesses that were once prevalent no longer exist but increased travel and globalization can very quickly lead to encounters with these diseases again.
Check out these resources for more information:
- Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness & Promotion
- Canadian Immunization Guide
- Caring for Kids
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Immunization Action Coalition
Region of Waterloo Public Health Resources and Contact Information (click on title to download):
- ADULTS Need Immunizations Too!This poster reviews the importance of adult immunization.
To receive this free poster for your workplace, please call the pamphlet order line 519-883-2374 or e-mail phrc@region.waterloo.on.ca - Immunization: Protection for all Ages This new brochure reviews immunization throughout the lifespan from infancy to older adulthood. To receive this free brochure, please call the pamphlet order line 519-883-2374 or e-mail phrc@region.waterloo.on.ca
If you would like more information on Immunization, please visit the public health website at www.region.waterloo.on.ca/ph or call the Vaccine Information Line at 519-883-2007.
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