National Immunization Awareness Week
Suggested Promotion Messages for Secondary Schools
1. School marquees (internal and external)
a) During National Immunization Awareness Week (NIAW) April 21-28, 2012
"National Immunization Awareness Week is April 21 to 28, 2012
Get your adolescent vaccine booster. Report it to Toronto Public Health at toronto.ca/health"
b) After NIAW
"Get your adolescent vaccine booster shot. Report it to Toronto Public Health at toronto.ca/health"
2. School internet home pages and social media sites promoting NIAW
a) During National Immunization Awareness Week April 21-28, 2012
National Immunization Awareness Week April 21 to 28, 2012
Secondary students need their adolescent vaccine booster to stay in school. Get the shot and
report it to Toronto Public Health at toronto.ca/health
b) After NIAW
Secondary students need their adolescent vaccine booster protecting them against diphtheria,
tetanus and whopping cough. Ask your doctor about it. Get the shot and report it to Toronto
Public Health at toronto.ca/health
3. Morning announcements with the information as above
a) During National Immunization Awareness Week April 21-28, 2012
"The City of Toronto proclaims April 21 to 28, 2012 as National Immunization Awareness Week.
Immunization protects us from diseases that can cause illness and death. Did you get your
adolescent vaccine booster? If not, you need to have a booster shot of diphtheria, tetanus and
whooping cough to stay in school. Get the shot and report it to Toronto Public Health
at toronto.ca/health."
b) After NIAW
"Did you get your adolescent vaccine booster? If not, you may need to have a booster shot of
diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough to stay in school. Get the shot and report it to Toronto
Public Health at toronto.ca/health."
4. Inserts in school newsletters that go to parents and / or students
a) During National Immunization Awareness Week April 21-28, 2012
Protect Your World. Get Immunized!
The City of Toronto proclaims April 21-28, 2012 as National Immunization Awareness Week.
Toronto Public Health (TPH) urges community members to get immunized to protect yourself
and those around you from dangerous yet preventable diseases. Toronto joins other cities in
Canada and countries around the world to encourage childhood immunization during World
Immunization Week, sponsored by the World Health Organization and Vaccination Week in the
Americas, sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization. Due to immunization, diseases
such as diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles, mumps and rubella that caused death and sickness a
century ago, particularly among young people are prevented today by vaccines.
Secondary students need an adolescent vaccine booster for diphtheria, tetanus and whooping
cough ten years after the 4 to 6 year old doses. Students attending secondary schools in Toronto
must report their up-dated immunization information to TPH to avoid possible school suspension.
Parents you can protect your teenager by having him or her immunized according to the
childhood immunization schedule available at toronto.ca/health/child. Every time your schoolaged receives a vaccine, report it to TPH by one of these ways:
 Online using the Student Immunization Online Reporting System
 Call: 416-392-1250
 Fax: 416-338-2487
 Mail: Toronto Public Health - Immunization, 850 Coxwell Ave., Toronto, M4C 5R1
(Send clear photocopy only. Do not send original yellow immunization card)
b) The May Newsletter
Adolescent booster vaccine is required to attend school
Toronto Public Health (TPH) annually assesses the immunization records of over 350,000
students between ages 4 to 18 years that attend Toronto schools. Many secondary school students
and their parents many not be aware that they need an adolescent vaccine booster for diphtheria,
tetanus and whopping cough ten years after the 4 to 6 year old doses. The adolescent booster is
one of the mandatory vaccines students need to attend school according to Ontario law. An
incomplete immunization record may result in school suspension.
Secondary students should visit their doctor and get their adolescent vaccine booster. Students
attending secondary schools in Toronto must report up-dated immunization information
containing record of their adolescent booster shot to TPH to avoid possible school suspension.
Parents you can protect your teenager by having him or her immunized according to the
childhood immunization schedule available at toronto.ca/health/child. Every time your schoolaged receives a vaccine, report it to Toronto Public Health by one of these ways:
 Online using the Student Immunization Online Reporting System
 Call: 416-392-1250
 Fax: 416-338-2487
 Mail: Toronto Public Health - Immunization, 850 Coxwell Ave., Toronto, M4C 5R1
(Send clear photocopy only. Do not send original yellow immunization card)