Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?
Title
Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?
Description
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, in partnership with the Center for Disease Control, issued this poster to gently remind parents to vaccinate their children. Using figures from pop culture, this poster creates awareness by drawing the attention of adults and children alike.
The Center for Disease Control considers vaccines to be the greatest accomplishment of public health in the United States. It was the creation of the Salk polio virus vaccine in 1955 that prompted federally funded vaccination programs. Years later, in 1962, the Vaccination Assistance Act was established to help fund, purchase, and administer a wide range of childhood vaccines. Thanks to these efforts, smallpox has been completed eradicated and fewer and fewer people suffer the effects of diseases like measles and pertussis.
To encourage vaccination, public health officials reached out to parents through lively posters and other promotional advertisements. The campaign continues to this day, in an effort to quell concerns about vaccine effectiveness and safety. The Center for Disease Control stresses that although no vaccine is 100% safe or effective, they serve as our best defense in the battle against infectious disease. Licensing and testing measures are rigorous, taking up to 10 years or more, and safety is continually monitored through the FDA. Through the cooperation of public health officials and scientists, the CDC strives to improve safety, delivery, and effectiveness.
The Center for Disease Control considers vaccines to be the greatest accomplishment of public health in the United States. It was the creation of the Salk polio virus vaccine in 1955 that prompted federally funded vaccination programs. Years later, in 1962, the Vaccination Assistance Act was established to help fund, purchase, and administer a wide range of childhood vaccines. Thanks to these efforts, smallpox has been completed eradicated and fewer and fewer people suffer the effects of diseases like measles and pertussis.
To encourage vaccination, public health officials reached out to parents through lively posters and other promotional advertisements. The campaign continues to this day, in an effort to quell concerns about vaccine effectiveness and safety. The Center for Disease Control stresses that although no vaccine is 100% safe or effective, they serve as our best defense in the battle against infectious disease. Licensing and testing measures are rigorous, taking up to 10 years or more, and safety is continually monitored through the FDA. Through the cooperation of public health officials and scientists, the CDC strives to improve safety, delivery, and effectiveness.
Creator
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM); Center for Disease Control
Date
ca. 1977
Source
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visualculture/images/a025341.jpg
Relation
Visual Culture and Public Health Posters. (n.d.). U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012 from http://1.usa.gov/ewtN3N
Link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visualculture/infectious23.html
Link: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visualculture/infectious23.html
Rights
Source: History of Vaccine Safety. (n.d.). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved Oct 15, 2012, from http://1.usa.gov/T5UeMm
Publisher
Center for Disease Control
Contributor
Center for Disease Control
Format
Medium: Poster
Language
English
Type
Posters
Identifier
DOH, CDC, Vaccinations, Vaccines, Public Health, Disease
Coverage
United States
Files
Collection
Reference
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM); Center for Disease Control, Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?, Center for Disease Control, ca. 1977
Cite As
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM); Center for Disease Control, “Parents of Earth, Are Your Children Fully Immunized?,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed March 28, 2024, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/241.