Resources
Australian Government Department of Health resource
National Immunisation Program Schedule(opens in a new window) – contains a schedule of immunisations given at specific times from birth to adulthood
Victorian Government Department of Health resources
- School exclusion table(opens in a new window) – outlines the minimum exclusion periods that schools must adhere to for infectious diseases cases.
- Secondary School Immunisation Program(opens in a new window) – 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(opens in a new window) – for information about COVID-19 vaccines
- FAQs for families(opens in a new window) – 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:
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(opens in a new window)
- Watch What are the benefits of vaccines for children on YouTube(opens in a new window)
- Watch Kids don't seem to get sick from COVID-19, so why risk a new vaccine on them on YouTube(opens in a new window)
- Watch How can we know the vaccines are safe when only a small number of children around the world have received them on YouTube(opens in a new window)
The Royal Children’s Hospital:
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)(opens in a new window)
- Chinese (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Dari (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Dinka (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- English (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Greek (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Hindi (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Italian (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Macedonian (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Punjabi (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Somali (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Tagalog (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Tamil (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Turkish (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Urdu (PDF)(opens in a new window)
- Vietnamese (PDF)(opens in a new window)
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(opens in a new window)
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