The Tdap Project – music video and website - were created for the purpose of educating youth and their parents about the dangers of pertussis and the availability of a vaccine to prevent pertussis in adolescents and adults.
The idea of developing a music video to educate youth on this topic was conceived by INAAP member Charlene Graves, after reviewing vaccination videos available on YouTube in March of 2009. INAAP then secured funding for this project through a competitive process for immunization grants available from the Friends of Children Fund of the AAP. The concept of the grant proposes to widely disseminate the music video and website through social networking venues as well as to health care providers and school systems.
INAAP partnered with the Media Arts Department of Butler University in Indianapolis to produce the music video Tdap Vac and Friends Visit the Classroom. Faculty member Patrick Hurley composed the music and lyrics and produced the music video and designed the website. The video features a newly created character – rapper Tdap Vac – as the central focus of the video and the website. Utilizing humor and parody, along with a variety of rapidly paced musical performances, the music video provides a highly entertaining method of health education.
TdapVac and Friends Visit the Classroom is a unique educational offering. We urge you to explore the health information available through the www.TdapVac.com website (posters, fact sheets) and show the music video in pediatric offices and other sites. The music video can be obtained on a DVD (contact CGraves1203@aol.com) or downloaded from the website or from YouTube (search term Tdap Vac). Become a fan of Tdap Vac on Facebook! The music video will also be featured as a Video of the Week on the Immunization Action Coalition website (www.immunize.org) which has 38,000 subscribers. We can prevent pertussis infection if a large majority of teens and adults receive Tdap vaccine!
During the 2009 legislative session, Indiana Code 02-34-4-2 was revised, requiring the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) to "adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to require school age children to receive additional immunizations...
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