Vaccine acceptance depends on public trust and confidence in the safety and efficacy of
vaccines and immunization, the health system, healthcare professionals and the wider …

Despite being recognized as one of the most successful public health measures, vaccination
is perceived as unsafe and unnecessary by a growing number of individuals. Lack of …

Leveraging nationally representative survey data on 443,680 respondents from January to
March 2021, this study examines the temporal, spatial, and sociodemographic variations in …

Background Vaccine hesitancy has been a growing challenge for public health in recent
decades. Among factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy, concerns regarding vaccine …

Objectives The success of vaccination strategies depends in part on population perceptions
of benefits and risks of vaccines and related confidence in vaccination. Better knowledge of …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Parents decide whether their children are vaccinated, but
they rarely reach these decisions on their own. Instead parents are influenced by their social …

Suboptimal childhood vaccination uptake results in disease outbreaks, and in developed
countries is largely attributable to parental choice. To inform evidence-based interventions …

Background Despite effective national immunisation programmes in Europe, some groups
remain incompletely or un-vaccinated ('under-vaccinated'), with underserved minorities and …

Background Maintaining high levels of childhood vaccinations is important for public health.
Success requires better understanding of parents' perceptions of diseases and consequent …