作者
Daniel A Salmon, Lawrence H Moulton, Saad B Omer, M Patricia DeHart, Shannon Stokley, Neal A Halsey
发表日期
2005/5/1
期刊
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
卷号
159
期号
5
页码范围
470-476
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Background
The rate of nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements has been increasing, and children with exemptions have contributed to outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Objectives
To determine why parents claim nonmedical exemptions and to explore differences in perceptions of vaccines and vaccine information sources between parents of exempt and fully vaccinated children.
Design
Case-control study.
Setting
Colorado, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Washington.
Participants
Surveys were mailed to the parents of 815 exempt children (cases) and 1630 fully vaccinated children (controls randomly selected from the same grade and school) recruited from 112 private and public elementary schools. Surveys were completed by 2435 parents (56.1%).
Main Outcome Measures
Parental reports.
Results
Most children (209 [75.5%] of 277) with nonmedical exemptions received at least some …
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