The DeKalb County Board of Health is dedicated to promoting immunizations among preteens – specifically 11 and 12-year-old boys and girls.
According to the new Georgia Department of Public Health Rule (511-2-2), children born on or after January 1, 2002 who are attending seventh grade, and children who are new entrants into a Georgia school in grades eight through twelve, must have received one dose of Tdap vaccine and one dose of meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4). This law affects all public and private schools including, but not limited to, charter schools, community schools, juvenile court schools and other alternative school settings (excluding
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices currently recommends that 11 and 12-year-olds receive Tdap, meningococcal vaccine, three doses of HPV vaccine, and an annual flu vaccine. Some preteens may also need to catch up on other immunizations, including chickenpox (many don’t have their second dose), MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and hepatitis B.
Pre Teen Vaccine Awareness Fact Sheet