A systematic review of interventions for reducing parental vaccine refusal and vaccine hesitancy

A Sadaf, JL Richards, J Glanz, DA Salmon, SB Omer - Vaccine, 2013 - Elsevier
Unvaccinated individuals pose a public health threat to communities. Research has
identified many factors associated with parental vaccine refusal and hesitancy toward …

What is known about the effects of medical tourism in destination and departure countries? A sco** review

R Johnston, VA Crooks, J Snyder… - International journal for …, 2010 - Springer
Background Medical tourism involves patients intentionally leaving their home country to
access non-emergency health care services abroad. Growth in the popularity of this practice …

[HTML][HTML] Hesitancy in the time of coronavirus: Temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic variations in COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

R Liu, GM Li - SSM-population health, 2021 - Elsevier
Leveraging nationally representative survey data on 443,680 respondents from January to
March 2021, this study examines the temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic variations in …

Vaccine hesitancy: evidence from an adverse events following immunization database, and the role of cognitive biases

H Azarpanah, M Farhadloo, R Vahidov, L Pilote - BMC Public Health, 2021 - Springer
Background Vaccine hesitancy has been a growing challenge for public health in recent
decades. Among factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy, concerns regarding vaccine …

[PDF][PDF] The importance of pharmacovigilance

World Health Organization - 2002 - apps.who.int
The Quality Assurance and Safety: Medicines team in WHO aims to assure the safety of
medicines by ensuring reliable and timely exchange of information on drug safety issues …

Qualitative analysis of mothers' decision-making about vaccines for infants: the importance of trust

AL Benin, DJ Wisler-Scher, E Colson, ED Shapiro… - …, 2006 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND. The high visibility of controversies regarding vaccination makes it
increasingly important to understand how parents decide whether to vaccinate their infants …

Going against the herd: psychological and cultural factors underlying the 'vaccination confidence gap'

M Browne, P Thomson, MJ Rockloff, G Pennycook - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
By far the most common strategy used in the attempt to modify negative attitudes toward
vaccination is to appeal to evidence-based reasoning. We argue, however, that focusing on …

Communication and mental processes: Experiential and analytic processing of uncertain climate information

SM Marx, EU Weber, BS Orlove, A Leiserowitz… - Global Environmental …, 2007 - Elsevier
People process uncertainty information in two qualitatively different systems. Most climate
forecast communications assume people process information analytically. Yet people also …

Do parents understand immunizations? A national telephone survey

BG Gellin, EW Maibach, EK Marcuse… - …, 2000 - publications.aap.org
Background. Immunization may now be undervalued because vaccines have largely
eliminated the threat of serious infectious diseases in childhood. As the incidence of vaccine …

The relationship between parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey scores and future child immunization status: a validation study

DJ Opel, JA Taylor, C Zhou, S Catz, M Myaing… - JAMA …, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Acceptance of childhood vaccinations is waning, amplifying interest in
develo** and testing interventions that address parental barriers to immunization …