Include Immunizations on Your Back-to-School Checklist

Schedule Your Community Health Wellness Visits

It’s time to begin organizing the back-to-school check list – notebooks, calendars, folders, apps and online tools, oh and don’t forget your annual wellness exams and immunizations!

Community Health wants to be sure that you have included health checkups and vaccinations on the list.

Keeping your family healthy and safe is our goal, and while getting ready for school to begin is a busy time for families, Community Health is ready to assist you with updating your health records and immunizations.

August is National Immunization Awareness Month, highlighting the importance of getting recommended vaccines from childhood through adulthood to protect you and your family against diseases like whooping cough, measles, mumps, cancers caused by HPV and pneumonia.

Talk to your health care provider to make sure you are up to date on vaccinations. Community Health will begin offering flu vaccines this fall.

Everyone over 12 years of age is eligible for a free Covid-19 vaccine. Vaccination sites are available on the Vermont Department of Health’s map of vaccine clinics.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provides guidelines for all available vaccines, so check the site if you have questions, or call your Community Health primary care provider.

For more information about Community Health’s Behavioral Health programs check our website, call 802-772-7922 or speak with your primary care provider.

Community Health is Vermont’s largest Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), a network of primary care, pediatric, behavioral health, dental and pharmacy services with offices in Rutland, Brandon, Castleton, West Pawlet and Shoreham. Community Dental offices are located in Rutland and Shoreham, Community Health Pediatrics is in Rutland and Behavioral Health services are available at all of our locations. Community Health Express Care Centers, open 7 days a week, are located at the Rutland and Castleton Community Health Centers. For career opportunities at Community Health’s network of health care services, check our Career Center.