Be Wise — Immunize

What is Be Wise — Immunize?

Be Wise — Immunize is a public health initiative of TMA. The program works with physicians, medical students, and TMA Alliance members to improve vaccination rates in Texas through education and hands-on immunization clinics.

 

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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:

• Men: Pay Attention to Your Health
• Mom’s Shots Help Prevent Illness in Baby
• Four Texas Communities Receive Vaccination Grants
• HPV Vaccination Trims Infection Rate; Could Prevent Cancer
• Flu Shot Could Prevent a Heart Attack
• Vaccine Can Prevent Cervical Cancer
• Spread Cheer, Not the Flu, Say Physicians
• Flu Shots Protect More Than Just You
• Celebrate Grandparenting: Stay Healthy by Vaccinating

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.

• 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)
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
• TMF-QIN Resource Center
• Vaccination Provider Tools
• Immunization Information for Office Staff (AAP)
• Immunization Training Guide for Physician Practices (AAP)
• Texas Vaccine Liability
• HPV
• 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)
• Flu
• Childhood Influenza Immunization Coalition
• Flu.gov
• TexasFlu.org (Texas-specific website by DSHS)

Thank you

Be Wise — Immunize is a joint initiative led by TMA physicians and medical students, and the TMA Alliance. It is funded by TMA Foundation in 2016 thanks to major gifts from H-E-B and TMF Health Quality Institute, along with generous contributions from physicians and their families.