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Immunization
Vaccines for Children Program
Immunizations are an excellent way to protect yourself and your family against many diseases. Age-appropriate immunization starts at birth and continues through adulthood, with special emphasis through age two.
Asher Community Health Center and Wheeler County Public Health work closely together to ensure everyone has access to free immunizations.
Infants, Children and Adolescents
School and Childcare Immunizations
Shots are required by law for children in attendance at public and private schools, preschools, child care facilities, and Head Start programs in Oregon. Nearly every place that provides care for a child outside the home requires shots or a medical or nonmedical exemption to stay enrolled.
Infant and Child Immunization
Immunizations are an excellent way to protect your child against many childhood diseases. The American Academy of Pediatrics, American Academy of Family Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases recommend a series of immunizations to protect your children against vaccine-preventable diseases
Adolescent Immunization
Adolescents (11-18) need shots to protect them from several vaccine preventable diseases. These shots are:
- Flu (Influenza) every year
- Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis - one vaccine)
- HPV (Human papillomavirus)
- Meningococcal
These vaccines are a part of the recommended immunization schedule. To learn what age people should get these shots and how many doses are required, check out these websites.
Adults, College Students and Traveling
Adult Immunization
CDC Travel Guidance
CDC Travel Guidance
The widespread implementation of childhood vaccination programs has substantially reduced the occurrence of many vaccine-preventable diseases. However, adults may be at risk for these diseases and their complications if they escaped natural infection or have not been vaccinated against diphtheria, tetanus, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox) and poliomyelitis.
Other vaccine-preventable diseases (hepatitis B, rabies, influenza, and
pneumococcal disease) may pose a risk to persons in certain age, occupational, environmental, and life-style groups and those with special health problems:
- Women of child-bearing age should be fully immunized to protect themselves and, in the case of pregnancy, their unborn child.
- Travelers to some countries may also be at increased risk of exposure to vaccine-preventable illnesses.
- Foreign students, immigrants, and refugees may be susceptible to these diseases.
A systematic approach to vaccination is necessary to ensure that every adult is appropriately protected against vaccine-preventable diseases.
CDC Travel Guidance
CDC Travel Guidance
CDC Travel Guidance
Determine if there are vaccination requirements for your intended destination. It may require several months to receive the adequate number and type of vaccines, toxoids and/or prophylaxis.
International travelers may be required or encouraged to receive additional vaccines, toxoids and/or prophylaxis prior to departure from the United States.
In general, to reduce the risk of infection, travelers must:
- Protect themselves from insects;
- Ensure the quality of their food and drinking water; and
- Be knowledgeable about potential diseases in the region to be visited (CDC).
Wheeler County Public Health
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