Provider Resources
General Resources
Testing
Vaccines
Treatment and Clinical Considerations
Quicklinks
Vaccine Resources and Data
- Staying up to Date with COVID-19 VaccinesÂ
- Recommended child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger (CDC)
- COVID Data Tracker: Vaccinations in the U.S. (CDC)
- COVID Data Tracker: Pediatric Seroprevalence (CDC)’
- COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor (KFF)
Hospitalizations and Deaths by Age
- Trends in Cases and Deaths by Rece/Ethnicity. Age and Sex (CDC)
- COVID-NET Hospitalization Surveillance Network (CDC)
Additional Resources
- Children and COVID-19: State-level Data Report (AAP)
- COVID-19 Risk Calculator (forhealth.org)
- COVID-19 Wastewater Monotoring (Biobot Analytics)
- Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC) Dashboard (AAPM&R)
Resources at Your Fingertips
Key Messages About COVID-19 Disease and COVID-19 Vaccines
Based on their experiences with patient families during the pandemic and most recent post-pandemic respiratory illness season, NAPNAP experts developed resources in English and Spanish for their fellow pediatric providers to easily convey important points about COVID-19 disease and vaccines so families can make informed decisions during the 2024-2025 fall and winter respiratory illness season. Click below to view and download our two-sided handouts in English and Spanish.
Recommendations for Counseling Patients
NAPNAP’s experts have developed short animations in English and Spanish focusing on six recommendations to effectively counsel patients about COVID-19 vaccine safety and efficacy.
Tools to Answer Questions from Vaccine-hesitant Families
Our member experts have developed three videos to help you increase vaccination rates in your practice by helping you know how to answer common questions asked by your patient families.
Why Should a Young Child Get Vaccinated for COVID-19 if Most Children Don’t Get Severely Ill?
How Do You Respond When Asked About the Effectiveness of the COVID-19 Vaccine?
How Do You Respond When Asked About the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines and its Development?
NEW: Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy course on PedsCESM. This course is available for free and provides 0.75 CE contact hours
General Resources
Below are various statements, webinars and other tools focused on COVID-19 to keep you abreast of the latest developments.
Sunsetting COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
NAPNAP Statements on COVID-19
- Official statement on COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5-11 years
- Official statement on partnering with families and schools to promote safe return to in-person education
- Study: Exhausted and Burned Out: COVID-19 Emerging Impacts Threaten the Health of the Pediatric Advanced Practice Registered Nursing Workforce
- Official statement calling for timely, efficient and equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for children
- Health Policy brief on Children’s Hospitals and Impact of COVID-19 – published in Journal of Pediatric Health Care
- Association update on Government Relief Funds for Medicaid and CHIP Providers
- Statement on Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Associated with COVID-19 Infection
TeamPeds Experts Live, Town Hall and Webinars​
Watch on-demand:
- Exploring the COVID-19 Vaccine Development and Approval Process for Adolescents webinar, hosted by the COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity Project
- NAPNAP Child Health Policy Learning Collaborative telehealth webinar
- Pediatric Primary and Acute Care Experiences During COVID-19Â TeamPeds Town Hall
- TeamPeds Town Hall on the COVID-19 Vaccine
Multimedia Resources
- COCA Calls/Webinars – listen to archived calls/webinars or register for future calls/webinars. (CDC)
- ACIP Meeting Slides (CDC)
- Meeting Materials, Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (FDA)
- COVID Courses – free, self-paced courses available in multiple languages to help you learn more about coronavirus and help inform the community. (WHO)
- Training and Continuing Education Online – Free CE courses on various COVID-related topics. (CDC)
- IDSA Videos – Includes calls, webinars and interviews with public health experts regarding COVID. (IDSA)
Additional Resources
Testing
Vaccines
- What Providers Need to Know about COVID-19 Vaccines for Younger Children
- What Providers Need to Know about COVID-19 Bivalent Boosters for Younger Children – Developed by NAPNAP’s Immunization SIG
Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy
- Vaccine Misinformation Field Guide (Public Health Communication Collaborative)
- Talking with Patients About the COVID-19 Vaccine (CDC)
- How to Tailor COVID-19 Vaccine Information to Your Specific Audience (CDC)
- How to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation (CDC)
- Having a Conversation About Vaccines (NHS UK)
- Vaccinate with Confidence (CDC)
- Making a Recommendation for COVID-19 Vaccine (Wisconsin DHS)
- Building COVID-19 Confidence (National Academies Press)
Treatment and Clinical Considerations
- COVID Information for Pediatric Healthcare Providers (CDC)
- Pediatric Surge Recommendations and Resources (Pediatric Pandemic Network)
For at-risk children, outpatient and inpatient therapeutic management
- Side-by-Side Overview of Therapeutics Authorized or Approved for the Treatment of Mild to Moderate COVID-19 (HHS)
- Therapeutic Management of Hospitalized Children With COVID-19 (NIH)
- COVID-19 Therapeutics Locator (ASPR)
- Management of Drug Interactions With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir: Resource for Clinicians (IDSA)
NAPNAP was awarded funding to support this website enhancement via CDC’s Mobilizing Pediatric Provider Networks: An Education and Training Initiative to Prevent and Control Infectious Disease Threats federal project.
