August is National Immunization Awareness Month
August is recognized as National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). During this month health care professionals are encouraged to plan local health screenings or fairs, media events and other related immunization outreach efforts and promote the benefits of immunization.

Visit The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention August is National Immunization Awareness Month Web site for additonal information. (Please note that this link takes you off of the AMA Web site. The AMA is not responsible for content on non-AMA Web sites. A listing here does not indicate endorsement by the AMA.)

View the AMA's Web site on vaccination resources that includes a link to the Roadmaps for Clinical Practice series - Improving Immunization: Addressing Racial and Ethnic Population resource.

Additional minority health information and resources:

The AMA Minority Affairs Consortium has compiled the resources listed below for physicians and health care professionals to share with their patients. Members of the Minority Affairs Consortium Governing Council provided much of the content for these topics.

Exercise: a dose of medicine we all can use, as mentioned by AMA President, Ronald M. Davis, MD at the AMA-MAC Caucus.

Diabetes Information

Obesity and Minority Populations

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Cervical Cancer

Influenza Vaccination Disparities

Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention

Other AMA resources related to minority health issues

Doctors Back to School Program

Health Disparities Web site

AMA Public Health Web site

Minority Physician Statistics

View these AMA publications:

 Delivering Culturally Effective Health Care to Adolescents