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Understand childhood immunisation
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Click on the icon to the left to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete. If you have any questions you should contact your tutor who will be able to offer guidance.
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Reading Materials
‘Why vaccination is safe and important’ from the NHS
‘Vitamin K and newborns: what you need to know’ from the National Childbirth Trust (NCT) website
Laser reading text: Immunisation
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Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click to read ‘Benefits of immunisation’ from NHS Inform.
The University of Oxford’s Vaccine Knowledge Project has produced these ‘FAQ about vaccines’ that cover ‘Why vaccinate?’, ‘Vaccine safety, side effects and ingredients’, ‘The NHS schedule and how vaccinations will affect your child’, and ‘Weighing up the risks’.
Click to visit this NHS Choices webpage about the ‘MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine’.
This second article from the Vaccine Knowledge Project contains information about measles, a highly infectious viral disease, which is vaccinated against in the MMR.
Click to visit the Gov.uk webpages on immunisation.
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