142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Invisible Threat

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Wednesday, November 19, 2014 : 11:18 AM - 11:26 AM

Lisa Posard, Film Producer , CHSTVfilms, Carlsbad High School TV Films CHSTVfilms, Encinitas, CA
Invisible Threat is an eye-opening film that explores the science of vaccination and how fears and misperceptions have led some parents to not vaccinate their children. 

The film was produced by a group of award-winning high school students from Carlsbad High School in California. They set out to produce a documentary on the human immune system and uncovered a social controversy they didn’t know existed but. 

The documentary has received praise from more than 50 organizations, including the Autism Science Foundation, the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, and Every Child By Two, calling the documentary "powerful," "fast-paced,"  "well-balanced” and “impeccably produced." 

Carlsbad High School has one of the top broadcasting programs in the nation. The students went into this project as journalists - not for or against vaccines. They were looking to tell the truth and were shocked by what they discovered.

Statements of Support:

“These student journalists have done an impressive job of exploring many important aspects of this issue. The American Academy of Pediatrics applauds the production team and the experts who shared their knowledge for this Invisible Threat.” 

~Errol R. Alden, MD, FAAP, Executive Director and CEO, American Academy of Pediatrics

“One of the best films made on this subject. It’s wonderful.”

~Paul Offit, MD, Chief of Infectious Diseases and Director, Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania

“It is with great pleasure that both Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention provides a Statement of Support for the film entitled “Invisible Threat”. This is an engaging, well-balanced educational film that presents the truth regarding childhood immunizations.  It will have a significant impact on high school, college and medical student/resident education.”

~Johns Hopkins Medicine


Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Ethics, professional and legal requirements
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health or related education
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Explain immunizations, vaccine history, safety, herd immunity, and vaccine hesitancy from a teen perspective who are looking at the issue from a clean slate.

Keyword(s): Public health or related public policy, Public health or related education

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I'm the Producer of "Invisible Threat".
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.