Background Whether or not to vaccinate one's child is one of the first health-related
decisions parents have to make after their child's birth. For the past 20 years, the share of …

Objectives Although public health offices have a detailed record of the vaccination coverage
among adolescents in Switzerland, little is known about the factors that determine the …

Objectives Most developed countries do not have compulsory immunisation requirements,
but instead issue recommendations. Although parents are expected to make an informed …

Low measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) immunization levels in European children
highlight the importance of identifying determinants of parental vaccine uptake to implement …

Objectives This study investigates parental decisions to vaccinate their children against
measles, mumps and rubella (MMR). Parent and provider survey data allow the analysis of …

Background Despite the successes of routine national childhood vaccination programmes,
measles remains a public health concern. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how …

Measles outbreaks occur regularly throughout Europe, up to 31 500 cases in the previous
year, particularly where there are pockets of populations with lower vaccination coverage …

Switzerland has not yet reached the measles vaccination coverage of 95 percent that is
recommended by the World Health Organization to achieve herd immunity. Within the …

Background Despite efforts of international and national health authorities, immunization
coverage and timeliness of vaccination against dangerous childhood diseases have been …

Background: There is mixed evidence on the effectiveness of vaccination-related
interventions. A major limitation of most intervention studies is that they do not apply …