A 6-Month-Old With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents

Opel, Douglas J.; Feemster, Kristen A.; Omer, Saad B.; Orenstein, Walter A.; Richter, Monica; Lantos, John D.

doi:10.1542/peds.2013-2723

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“…In our study, many hesitant mothers who decided to refuse or delay vaccination were relying more or less heavily on CAM. More research is needed to look at how CAM and biomedical providers communicate with parents about vaccines and to assess the potential impact that the communication strategies used could have on the parents’ vaccine attitudes and decisions (Bryant, Wesley, Wood, Hines, & Marshall, 2009; Opel et al, 2014; Opel, Heritage, et al, 2013).…”

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“Nature Does Things Well, Why Should We Interfere?”

et al. 2015

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Parents' decision to use vaccination services is complex and multi-factorial. Of particular interest are "vaccine-hesitant" parents who are in the middle of the continuum between vaccine acceptance and refusal. The objective of this qualitative longitudinal study was to better understand why mothers choose to vaccinate-or not-their newborns. Fifty-six pregnant mothers living in different areas of Quebec (Canada) were interviewed. These interviews gathered information on mothers' views about health and vaccination. Almost half of the mothers were categorized as vaccine-hesitant. A second interview was conducted with these mothers 3 to 11 months after birth to look at their actual decision and behavior concerning vaccination. Our results show the heterogeneity of factors influencing vaccine decision making. Although the majority of vaccine-hesitant mothers finally chose to follow the recommended vaccine schedule for their child, they were still ambivalent and they continued to question their decision.

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“Nature Does Things Well, Why Should We Interfere?”

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“…For example, the prevalence of measles infections remained high during the past decade, despite the universal recommendation and availability of measles vaccines (Neuhauser et al, 2014). Disease outbreaks are the consequence (Robert Koch Institute, 2016, Opel et al, 2014). …”

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Educating parents about the vaccination status of their children: A user-centered mobile application

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Parents are often uncertain about the vaccination status of their children. In times of vaccine hesitancy, vaccination programs could benefit from active patient participation. The Vaccination App (VAccApp) was developed by the Vienna Vaccine Safety Initiative, enabling parents to learn about the vaccination status of their children, including 25 different routine, special indication and travel vaccines listed in the WHO Immunization Certificate of Vaccination (WHO-ICV). Between 2012 and 2014, the VAccApp was validated in a hospital-based quality management program in Berlin, Germany, in collaboration with the Robert Koch Institute. Parents of 178 children were asked to transfer the immunization data of their children from the WHO-ICV into the VAccApp. The respective WHO-ICV was photocopied for independent, professional data entry (gold standard). Demonstrating the status quo in vaccine information reporting, a Recall Group of 278 parents underwent structured interviews for verbal immunization histories, without the respective WHO-ICV. Only 9% of the Recall Group were able to provide a complete vaccination status; on average 39% of the questions were answered correctly. Using the WHO-ICV with the help of the VAccApp resulted in 62% of parents providing a complete vaccination status; on average 95% of the questions were answered correctly. After using the VAccApp, parents were more likely to remember key aspects of the vaccination history. User-friendly mobile applications empower parents to take a closer look at the vaccination record, thereby taking an active role in providing accurate vaccination histories. Parents may become motivated to ask informed questions and to keep vaccinations up-to-date.

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“…Refusal to vaccinate is currently a serious cause of concern. 1 In the just mentioned study conducted in Israel, 19 identical proportions of pediatricians (38.9%) considered that parents have the right to decide or that vaccination should be mandatory. In a survey conducted with 395 members of the European Academy of Pediatrics Research in Ambulatory network, 69% of the participants reported to prefer a shared decision-making approach.…”

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“…Parental refusal/hesitancy to vaccinate is currently a cause of serious concern. 1 Every once in a while the mass media report on parents who upon deciding to treat their children with homeopathy concomitantly refuse vaccination by default. More serious, on occasions like the outbreak of measles in California in 2015, countless voices are raised claiming that vaccines are not only inefficacious, but also dangerous, among which many partisans of homeopathy.…”

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