Promoting science to protect California from preventable diseases
Adolescents
CIC promotes adolescent immunizations by working with local coalitions and state and national organizations focused on adolescent health. Our strategy is to:
- Collaborate on community interventions to increase adolescent immunization coverate rates
- Build relationships with organizations relevant to adolescent immunizations
- Identify issues important and/or unique to adolescent immunizations
Resources for Parents & Community Members
- Vaccines for Teens and Preteens: Answers to Your Top Questions
- Protect Their Health for the Years Ahead
- Vaccines for Your Preteen/ Vacunas Para Su Preadolescente
- Shot By Shot story gallery: adolescent and teen stories
HPV Materials
- HPV information (CDPH)
- Training Videos for Providers (AAP-CA Chapter 3)
- HPV Vaccine Fact Sheet (CDPH)
- How Important is HPV Vaccine for Preteens and Teens? Ask Kristen’s Dad – (CDPH flier)
- Parents, Did You Know HPV Causes…? (CDPH flier)
Websites