Vaccine hesitancy, vaccine refusal and the anti-vaccine movement: influence, impact and implications

E Dubé, M Vivion, NE MacDonald - Expert review of vaccines, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Understanding vaccine hesitancy around vaccines and vaccination from a global perspective: a systematic review of published literature, 2007–2012

HJ Larson, C Jarrett, E Eckersberger, DMD Smith… - Vaccine, 2014 - Elsevier
Vaccine “hesitancy” is an emerging term in the literature and discourse on vaccine decision-
making and determinants of vaccine acceptance. It recognizes a continuum between the …

Increasing vaccination: putting psychological science into action

NT Brewer, GB Chapman, AJ Rothman… - … Science in the …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Vaccination is one of the great achievements of the 20th century, yet persistent public-health
problems include inadequate, delayed, and unstable vaccination uptake. Psychology offers …

Effective messages in vaccine promotion: a randomized trial

B Nyhan, J Reifler, S Richey, GL Freed - Pediatrics, 2014 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVES: To test the effectiveness of messages designed to reduce vaccine
misperceptions and increase vaccination rates for measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) …

Countering vaccine hesitancy

KM Edwards, JM Hackell… - …, 2016 - publications.aap.org
This Clinical Report was revised. See https://doi. org/10.1542/peds. 2023-065483.
Immunizations have led to a significant decrease in rates of vaccine-preventable diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Communicating with parents about vaccination: a framework for health professionals

J Leask, P Kinnersley, C Jackson, F Cheater… - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
Background A critical factor shaping parental attitudes to vaccination is the parent's
interactions with health professionals. An effective interaction can address the concerns of …

[HTML][HTML] Comparisons of vaccine hesitancy across five low-and middle-income countries

AL Wagner, NB Masters, GJ Domek, JL Mathew, X Sun… - Vaccines, 2019 - mdpi.com
Vaccine hesitancy is a continuum of behaviors ranging from delay in receipt to vaccination
refusal. Prior studies have typically focused on high-income countries, where vaccine …

The MMR vaccine and autism

F DeStefano, TT Shimabukuro - Annual review of virology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Autism is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication, and
behavioral challenges. A report published in 1998, but subsequently retracted by the …

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
developing and testing interventions that address parental barriers to immunization …

The rise (and fall?) of parental vaccine hesitancy

C Gowda, AF Dempsey - Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
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 …