Be Wise — Immunize

New Poster Offers Flu Shot Facts

 

With COVID-19 here and flu season starting, TMA has created a downloadable poster to help physicians stress the importance of flu vaccination – this year more than ever. The poster is available in English and Spanish.

Get the Poster  

Encourage School Vaccinations with Prewritten Letters to the Editor

 

As you know, virtual and in-person classes are under way or will soon start in schools across Texas, so it’s important that students be up to date with vaccinations.

Find Out How You Can Help  

What is Be Wise — Immunize?

 

Be Wise – Immunize is a public health initiative of TMA that works to counter vaccine hesitancy in Texas through education and shot clinics. The program aims to enhance vaccination outreach efforts by physicians, medical students, and TMA Alliance members.

See How You Can Get Involved  

What Be Wise Offers Physicians

 

Be Wise — Immunize keeps you up to date on vaccinations and helps you improve your vaccination practices.
 

Enhance Your
Vaccination Practices   

How Do I Plan an Event or Clinic?

 

TMA has the tools you need to plan, organize, and carry out a vaccination event. Or, if you want to staff a booth at your community health fair, we have free materials to educate that vaccinations are important, safe, and effective. Plus, our free merchandise for kids and Beatrice the Bee mascot make your event more fun.

Plan Your Event  

Fund Your Be Wise Event or Clinic

 

Be Wise — Immunize offers Local Impact Grants to assist you in funding a local vaccination event. Grants of up to $2,500 are available to county medical societies (CMSs), TMA Alliance chapters, medical student chapters, and TMA member-physician practices/clinics.

Apply for a Grant  

Be Wise Newsroom

The latest news releases:

• Texas Losing Ground in Disease-Prevention Battle, Physicians Warn
• Science: Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism; Physicians Fight to Reassure, Immunize
• Online Anti-Vaxxers Don’t Deter Texas Physician
• Survey: GOP Voters Overwhelmingly Support Child Immunization Laws

Vaccination Resources

To find out where to get vaccinations in your community, call 2-1-1. This hotline has up-to-date information about where you can get specific vaccinations, such as meningococcal.

• Disease and Vaccines in Texas (Texas Public Health Coalition)
• Immunization Schedules
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• The Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research (Texas Children's Hospital)
• Vaccine-Preventable Disease: The Forgotten Story (Texas Children's Hospital)
• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
• National Immunization Surveys
• Immunization Action Coalition (vaccine information for health care professionals)

• Best Shot Videos by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (pneumococcal, shingles, and whooping cough)

• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases

• The History of Vaccines (The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

• TMF-QIN Resource Center
• Vaccination Provider Tools

• Guidance on Maintaining Childhood Immunizations During COVID-19 Pandemic (CDC)

• Vaccination Guidance During a Pandemic (CDC)

• Guidance for Planning Vaccination Clinics Held at Satellite, Temporary, or Off-Site Locations (CDC recommendations for routine or emergency vaccinations)

• Texas Vaccine Liability
• Texas Vaccines for Children Program
• Adult Safety Net Program
• Common Parental Concerns (AAP)
• Resources for Vaccine Conversations With Parents (CDC)

• Clear Answers and Smart Advice About Your Baby’s Shots (Ari Brown, MD, Austin)

• HPV
• TMA’s HPV Resource Center
• Don't Let HPV Go Viral (TMA)
• Help Your Kids Prevent Cancer (MD Anderson Cancer Center)
• HPV Vaccine Video for Health Care Providers (Minnesota Department of Health)
  (A 12-minute video on HPV vaccine communication for health care providers. The video presents four model clinical encounters in which providers demonstrate low-stress ways of recommending HPV vaccine and answering questions from patients and parents.)
• HPV Resource Kit (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
• HPV Champion Toolkit (AAP)
• National HPV Vaccination Roundtable
• Texas Cancer Information
• Flu
• Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition

• Influenza (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

• TexasFlu.org (Texas-specific website by DSHS)
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Thank you

Be Wise – Immunize is a joint initiative led by TMA physicians and medical students, and the TMA Alliance. It is funded in 2020 by the TMA Foundation thanks to H-E-B, Permian Basin Youth Chavarim, TMF Health Quality Institute, and gifts from physicians and their families.