Immunisation

Resources

Australian Government Department of Health resource

National Immunisation Program Schedule – contains a schedule of immunisations given at specific times from birth to adulthood

Victorian Government Department of Health resources

• School exclusion table – outlines the minimum exclusion periods that schools must adhere to for infectious diseases cases.
• Secondary School Immunisation Program – an information hub that provides schools (including teachers, school nurses and administration staff) with a range of immunisation resources.

COVID-19 vaccination resources

Resources to assist schools to communicate COVID-19 related information to their school communities is available from COVID-19 – School Operations: Resources.

For parents and carers

• COVID-19 vaccines – for information about COVID-19 vaccines
• FAQs for families – frequently asked questions about vaccinating children against COVID-19
• Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) decision guide – guide for families to make decisions about vaccinating their children aged 5-11 against COVID-19:
  • MCRI decision guide (DOCX)
  • MCRI decision guide (PDF)

Videos

The Murdoch Children's Research Institute has question and answer videos from Dr Margie Danchin about COVID-19 vaccinations:

• Watch Should I get my child vaccinated on YouTube
• Watch What are the benefits of vaccines for children on YouTube
• Watch Kids don't seem to get sick from COVID-19, so why risk a new vaccine on them on YouTube
• Watch How can we know the vaccines are safe when only a small number of children around the world have received them on YouTube

The Royal Children’s Hospital:

• Watch COVID-19 Vaccinations for 5 to 11-year-olds: Your questions answered on YouTube

Translated resources for schools

Download FAQs about vaccination planning in different languages

The ‘FAQs about vaccination planning’ document is available to download in different languages:

• Arabic (PDF)
• Chinese (PDF)
• Dari (PDF)
• Dinka (PDF)
• English (PDF)
• Greek (PDF)
• Hindi (PDF)
• Italian (PDF)
• Macedonian (PDF)
• Punjabi (PDF)
• Somali (PDF)
• Tagalog (PDF)
• Tamil (PDF)
• Turkish (PDF)
• Urdu (PDF)
• Vietnamese (PDF)

Translated audio explaining COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 5 to 11

Listen to Translated audio files explaining vaccination for 5 to 11 years on Soundcloud