Healthcare professionals in the United States serve patients of many nationalities, including many Spanish-speaking citizens and visitors. While most patients may speak English, they may better understand about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases when the information is written in Spanish.

Download and print these pieces – or give your patients the Spanish-specific URLs – and promote on-time vaccination across the life span in Spanish as well as in English.

Infants and Young Children

• Disease Basics Fact Sheets (Información para los padres)
  Basic disease fact sheets from Provider Resources for Vaccine Conversations with Parents. Each includes an overview of the vaccine-preventable disease and vaccine risks and benefits.
• Recommended Immunization Schedule
  • Recommended Immunizations for Babies [90 KB, 1 page] (Vacunas recomendadas para bebés)
    Parent-friendly schedule for babies through age 15 months
  • Recommended Immunizations for Children from Birth through 6 Years [317 KB, 2 pages] (Vacunas recomendadas para niños, desde el nacimiento hasta los 6 años de edad)
    Easy-to-read schedule of recommended immunizations for children from birth to 6 years, with descriptions of vaccine-preventable diseases on back side
• Pertussis prevention
  • Speaking of Vaccines [1.56 MB, 15 pages] (La fotonovela Hablando de vacunas)
    This Spanish language fotonovela follows the mother of a young child as she learns the importance of keeping her son up-to-date on his vaccinations. There is an emphasis on pertussis prevention messages.
  • Pertussis Is Spreading in Your Community [1.37 MB, 1 page] (La tos ferina se está propagando en su comunidad)
    This flyer addresses the spread of pertussis (whooping cough) in the community
• Seasonal flu prevention
  • Print materials (multiple versions and sizes can be ordered at no cost)
  • Videos and podcasts
• Doctor Visits
  • Common Questions about Infant Vaccination [102 KB, 1 page] (Preguntas comunes sobre la vacunación de los bebés)
    Fact sheet with questions and answers written specifically for Latino parents
  • Tips for a Less Stressful Shot Visit [136 KB, 2 pages] (Consejos para que la cita de vacunación sea menos estresante)
    Learn ways you can support your child before, during, and after shots
  • How to Hold Your Child during Vaccinations [92 KB, 1 page] (Como sostener a su hijo durante las vacunaciones)
    See how a comforting hold can support your child and make the vaccination process less stressful on you and your child

Preteens and Teens

• Recommended Immunization Schedule
  • For Preteens and Teens (7-18 years) [494 KB, 2 pages] (Vacunas recomendadas para los niños de los 7 años hasta los 18 años de edad)
• Flyers
  • You Knew There Would Be Days like This [1.25 MB, 1 page] (Usted sabía que habría días como este)
    Humorous reminder that preteens and teens need vaccinations to protect against serious disease
    Also available as an 18 x 24 poster [3.25 MB, 1 page]
• Fact Sheets
  • HPV Vaccine for Preteens and Teens (La vacuna HPV para preadolescentes y adolescentes)
  • Flu Vaccine for Preteens and Teens (La vacuna contra la influenza (la gripe) para preadolescentes y adolescentes)
  • Meningococcal Vaccine for Preteens and Teens (La vacuna meningocócica para preadolescentes y adolescentes )
  • Tdap Vaccine for Preteens and Teens (La vacuna Tdap para preadolescentes y adolescentes)
  • Vaccines for Preteens and Teens: What Parents Should Know [146 KB, 1 page] (Las vacunas para preadolescentes y adolescentes: Qué es lo que deben saber los padres)
  • Q&A for Parents of Preteens – HPV Vaccine [1.13 MB, 2 pages] (Preguntas y Respuestas)
  • Questions and Answers for Parents about Preteen Vaccines [112 KB, 1 page] (Preguntas y respuestas para los padres acerca de las vacunas para los preadolescentes)
  • Information for Parents about Preteen Vaccines [809 KB, 1 page] (Preguntas y respuestas para los padres acerca de las vacunas para los preadolescentes)

Adults

• Flyer
  • I Keep Myself and My Grandchildren Healthy [1.74 MB, 1 page] (Me mantengo saludable y a mis nietos también)
• Seasonal flu prevention
  • Print materials (multiple versions and sizes can be ordered at no cost)
  • Videos and podcasts
• Web page
  • Adults Need Immunizations, Too (Los adultos también necesitan vacunarse)
    Summarizes need for vaccines throughout adult life to get and maintain protection against 5 vaccine-preventable diseases.

Podcasts

Your patients can download vaccine-specific, Spanish-language CDC podcasts to their computer and portable music/video player.

• New and Improved (Pneumococcal Conjugate) Vaccine (Una vacuna nueva y mejorada) 1:20 minutes
• Mumps Makes a Comeback(Vuelven las paperas) 1:27 minutes
• Reeling in Rotavirus (Retroceso del rotavirus) 1:20 minutes
• Preventing Pneumonia (Prevención de la neumonía) 1:26 minutes

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