These tools and resources are meant to help your efforts as a family physician in educating and talking with your patients about the importance of immunizations and vaccinations.
According to the CDC, vaccines have prevented more than 29 million hospitalizations and 1 million deaths for U.S. children born in the last 25 years. However, vaccine misinformation remains a threat to public health.
2025 measles outbreak
The current measles outbreak began in West Texas in late January and continues to spread throughout the state.
The Texas Pediatric Society maintains an excellent set of patient education resources and outbreak updates. Access the TPS measles resources.
Texas Health and Human Services provides a measles communication toolkit, which includes flyers, videos, infographics, and more.
As vaccine hesitancy rises across the nation, it’s more important than ever that family physicians feel confident in their ability to talk with patients and make the best decisions.
AAFP collaborates annually with the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to create recommendations for immunization schedules by age group, including a catch-up schedule.
AAFP’s homepage for immunizations and vaccines includes a variety of resources on patient care, clinical guidelines, free CME, journal articles, news stories, and more.
Patient resources from familydoctor.org
AAFP’s familydoctor.orgis an entire website dedicated to providing parents, caregivers, and patients with trusted medical advice.
Share this educational article written by the familydoctor.org editorial staff and reviewed by Deepak S. Patel, MD, FAAFP, FACSM. The post includes a patient education video.
