Attention Parent/Guardians:

As of July 2005, Each year schools in Washington are required to provide information on MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE  and HPV PREVENTION to parents or guardians of all students entering Grades 6-12.

Washington State Department of Health Immunization Program

Meningococcal information:http://www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/immunize/vaccine/meningococcal/default.htm

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Meningococcal vaccine information: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/vis/downloads/vis-mening.pdf

Disease information: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/meningococcal_g.htm 

Pre-teen immunizations: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/preteens-adol.htm College 

Students & young adults: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/spec-grps/college.htm

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Vaccine Education Center
Meningococcal questions & answers: http://www.chop.edu/vaccine/images/vec_mening_tear.pdf National Meningitis Association
www.nmaus.org

HPV

For more information on HPV, the Vaccine, and Cervical Cancer:
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Washington State Department of Health American Social Health Association American Cancer Society

www.cdc.gov/std/hpv www.doh.wa.gov/cfh/immunize/documents/hpvvaccinefactsheet.pdf

www.ashastd.org

www.cancer.org