| Organization/URL | Description |
| Professional organizations/societies | |
| American Academy of Family Physicians www.familydoctor.org (search on "vaccines") | Patient information on childhood vaccines (what they are and why children need them). |
| American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood Immunization Support Program www.aap.org/immunization | Compilation of resources for families and providers, including Q&A for families and information on vaccine-preventable illnesses, vaccine ingredients, vaccine safety, and the immunization schedule. Provides information for clinicians on how to communicate with parents about immunization, including responses for common reasons for parental refusal to vaccinate. |
| Canadian Pediatric Society caringforkids.cps.ca/ | Provides a parent's guide to immunization information on the internet. |
| Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) www.idsociety.org | Provides lists of resources, IDSA position statements, and policy statements. |
| Academic institutions | |
| Center for Vaccine Awareness and Research, Texas Children's Hospital www.texaschildrens.org/departments/vaccine-awareness-and-research-cvar | Provides valuable information regarding vaccination. Includes links to resources. |
| Institute for Vaccine Safety, Johns Hopkins University www.vaccinesafety.edu | Provides an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public, and the media about the safety of vaccines. |
| The Nemours Foundation KidsHealth kidshealth.org/teen/your_body/health_basics/immunizations.html | Vaccine information targeted to adolescents. |
| The Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia www.vaccine.chop.edu | Provides reliable information about vaccines to parents and health care professionals. |
| Public health/advocacy groups | |
| Vaccinate Your Family www.vaccinateyourfamily.org | Seeks to ensure that every baby, child, teen, adult, and pregnant women is protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. |
| Immunization Action Coalition (IAC) www.immunize.org (search on "immunization safety") | The IAC creates and distributes educational materials and facilitates communication about the safety, efficacy, and use of vaccines. |
| National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine, IOM) National Academies Press www.nap.edu | An independent organization of medical and health professionals that works to address critical issues in health, medicine, and related policy. Provides access to the IOM immunization safety reviews (eg, vaccines and autism, multiple immunizations and immune dysfunction, etc). |
| National Alliance for Hispanic Health www.hispanichealth.org | Advocacy and research forum focused on Hispanic health and well-being. Provides links to information about vaccine-preventable disease and other health issues. |
| National Foundation for Infectious Diseases www.nfid.org | Nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals about the causes, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases. |
| National Meningitis Association www.nmaus.org | Nonprofit organization founded by parents whose children have died or have permanent disability from meningococcal disease. Includes links to educational materials, including a video featuring the stories of meningococcal disease survivors and families affected by the disease. |
| World Health Organization www.who.int/topics/vaccines/en/ | Provides links to information about immunization. |
| Vaccine Information You Need www.vaccineinformation.org | Provides information about vaccines and the diseases they prevent, including a video library. |
| Parent/family groups | |
| Families Fighting Flu www.familiesfightingflu.org | Nonprofit corporation dedicated to educating people about the severity of influenza and the importance of vaccinating children against the flu. |
| Meningitis Angels www.meningitis-angels.org | Provides education about bacterial meningitis and prevention of bacterial meningitis. |
| Government agencies | |
| United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov/vaccines | Provides information and links about vaccines and vaccine-preventable diseases. |
| US Food and Drug Administration www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/vaccines | Provides information about vaccines licensed in the United States and information about vaccine safety, including consumer updates. |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases https://www.niaid.nih.gov/ | Provides information about understanding vaccines, community immunity, and vaccine research. |
| Books | Publisher |
| Immunizations and Infectious Diseases: An Informed Parent's Guide by Fisher MC | American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, IL 2005. |
| Vaccinating Your Child: Questions and Answers for the Concerned Parent by Humiston SG, Good C | Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta 2000. |
| Do Vaccines Cause That? A guide for Evaluating Vaccine Safety Concerns by Myers MG, Pineda D | Immunizations for Public Health 2008. |
| Vaccines: What Every Parent Should Know by Offit PA, Bell LM | IDG Books, New York 1999. |
| Autism's False Prophets: Bad science, risky medicine, and the search for a cure by Offit PA | Columbia University Press, New York 2008. |
