Template Practice Resources The below resources are available to help reach parents throughout the year about getting their children (especially any child with asthma) vaccinated against influenza. The following tools can be tailored for use within a variety of practice settings to help support immunization efforts targeting pediatric asthma patients (or other children at risk) in time for the influenza season. On Hold Script This script can be customized and recorded as the message parents hear when they are on hold to schedule an appointment or speak with office or clinical staff.  This reinforces the need for annual influenza vaccination and gives instructions for how to get their child vaccinated (e.g., schedule an appointment, attend an immunization clinic, etc.). Click Here to Download the On Hold Script Office Closed Script Your practice may have an existing office-closed recording, which can highlight important influenza prevention messages, as appropriate, during the year.  This suggested script can be incorporated within the office’s main default prompt, urging parents to help protect their children by scheduling an annual influenza vaccination appointment or bringing their children to an upcoming immunization clinic. Click Here to Download the Office Closed Script Reminder Letter The template reminder letter can be customized and mailed to parents of children with asthma, alerting them to the importance of annual influenza vaccination.  Space has been provided to insert information relevant to vaccine clinics and/or extended office hours. Click Here to Download the Reminder Letter Reminder E-mail This suggested e-mail can be tailored and distributed electronically to parents of children with asthma, educating about the importance of annual influenza vaccination.  Space has been provided to include details regarding your practice’s vaccination program. Click Here to Download the Reminder E-mail Reminder Postcard This postcard can be mailed as a reminder to parents about the upcoming influenza season and the need to schedule vaccinations for their children – especially if they have asthma.  Due to HIPAA regulations, this postcard is not personalized.   The language can be cut and pasted onto a stock-paper postcard or incorporated into a pre-existing mailing and distributed to patients, reminding them about the importance of influenza vaccination. Click Here to Download the Reminder Postcard Goals of this NFID program are supported by the Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics; American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology; American Academy of Pediatrics; American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology; American College of Emergency Physicians; American Lung Association; American Medical Association; American Pharmacists Association; American Thoracic Society; Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners; National Association of School Nurses; National Jewish Medical and Research Center; National Medical Association; Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and Society for Adolescent Medicine.    NFID’s Influenza and Children with Asthma initiative is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant to NFID from sanofi pasteur.