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

Public acceptance of vaccination has never been a given. Today there is a set of societal
circumstances that may contribute to a growing parental hesitancy about vaccination. These …

Background Although a large majority of parents vaccinate their children, vaccine hesitancy
has become more widespread. It is not well understood how this culture of vaccine hesitancy …

Vaccine hesitancy reflects concerns about the decision to vaccinate oneself or one's
children. There is a broad range of factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy, including the …

Parental vaccine hesitancy is a growing problem affecting the health of children and the
larger population. This article describes the evolution of the vaccine hesitancy movement …

Vaccines are among the most effective public health interventions against infectious
diseases. However, there is evidence in the United States for parents either delaying or …

Introduction Little is known about associations between the reasons parents refuse or delay
vaccines for their children, their responsiveness to vaccine counseling, and their children's …

Summary The concept of Vaccine Hesitancy has begun to appear in the scientific
landscape, referring to the reluctance of a growing proportion of people to accept the …

Introduction. While the scientific consensus on the benefits of vaccination is unambiguous,
there is a growing proportion of the population that is skeptical about vaccination. The idea …

Background Vaccine hesitancy has increased worldwide with a subsequent decreasing of
vaccination rates and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (ie measles, poliomyelitis …