PAIC POLICIES AND POSITIONS
Our board of directors approves PAIC’s policies and position statements. We believe public policy is a vital component to ensuring the health of all Pennsylvanians is a priority.
FIND YOUR LEGISLATOR
Using the tools on this page, we urge our members and partners to address their representatives to educate and engage them on the public health priorities of their communities. Offering our policymakers important local public health information can help them make decisions that prioritize the commonwealth’s health.
ADVOCACY ARTICLES
Vaccine Safety Resources
Vaccinate Your Family: Comprehensive vaccine safety research: https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/questions-about-vaccines/vaccine-research/ Answers to common vaccine safety questions: https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/questions-about-vaccines/are-vaccines-safe/ Understanding vaccine ingredients: https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/questions-about-vaccines/whats-in-a-vaccine/ This google doc includes neutral talking points on vaccine safety and regulation to assist you in navigating ongoing conversations with external stakeholders, communities, and the media Vaccine Education Center at CHOP also has a variety of […]
Pennsylvania Routine Immunization Rates: Pre-Pandemic and Now (2018-2021)
As the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States in early 2020, there was a vast shift in the daily activities of Americans. Many feared leaving the house, people were quarantining their groceries before eating, and business as usual was disrupted for nearly every sector. As part of this disruption to the norm, routine healthcare visits […]
Polio and Covid-19: Then and Now from Three Polio Survivors
THE FIGHT AGAINST POLIO First identified in 1908, poliovirus causes poliomyelitis, or polio disease. Although it has impacted humans for centuries, epidemics arose in the early twentieth century with increasing frequency in Australia, Europe, and North America. Before a polio vaccine became available, several polio epidemics occurred between 1948 and 1955 killing nearly half a […]
Parent to Parent: The Opportunities in Getting My Children Vaccinated Against COVID-19
A Conversation with Dr. Kawan As the United States approaches 2 full years of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health problems are at all-time high children. Early adolescence is when youth already experience rapid change physically, emotionally, and socially, and the COVID-19 pandemic has caused immense disruption to this delicate stage in life. The continuous stress, […]