SOURCES
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Image Library, http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/ (accessed July 29, 2009).
- Chicago (Ill.) WPA Federal Art Project, "Diphtheria strikes unprotected children : Protect your child with toxoid—Toxoid prevents diptheria : Chicago Department of Health," 1941, By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 (accessed July 30, 2009).
- Chicago (Ill.) WPA Federal Art Project, "Is your child vaccinated : Vaccination prevents smallpox - Chicago Department of Health," 1941, By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 (accessed July 30, 2009).
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease, "Parents' Guide to Childhood Immunizations" (U.S. Government Printing Office, 2007) (accessed July 30, 2009).
- National Network for Immunization Information, http://www.immunizationinfo.org/ (accessed July 30, 2009).
Vaccinations: Rites of Passage
Instructions
Vaccination—introducing dead or weakened versions of germs into the body to promote the production of antibodies and create immunity to a disease—has been practiced for at least 200 years, making it a chronological "peer" of the United States. Which childhood diseases do these American public health announcements address?
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