The Postmodern Medical Paradigm: A Case Study of Anti-MMR Vaccine Arguments

Bricker, Brett; Justice, Jacob

doi:10.1080/10570314.2018.1510136

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“…Vaccinations can be seen as a public health victory. Yet, there is also opposition to vaccines for measles, mumps and rubella, the flu, diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (Bricker and Justice, 2019). The label ‘anti-vaxer’ has become common as both an ideological stance and personal action challenging Western medicine.…”

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Human papillomavirus and health decision-making: Perceptions and accountability in college

DeLauer

McGill-O'Rourke

Gordon

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Health Education Journal

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Objective: To identify knowledge and beliefs about the human papillomavirus (HPV) among students in a residential academic institution, including perceptions of safety of the HPV vaccine, perceptions of cancer correlation with HPV, and independence/interdependence in health decision-making. Design: A qualitative study was used. Setting: Participants were recruited from a small private US university. Methods: In-depth, semi-structured interviews. Results: Study findings highlight the need for improved communication about sex and general preventive health care between young adults, their parents and health providers, including the campus health services centre. Findings point to the importance of appropriate health care messaging at the time of the HPV vaccine (if given in adolescence) throughout college. While mothers played a crucial part in helping young adults make sense of health and health care decisions, self-reliance and self-protection were strong drivers of decision-making. Conclusion: As college students progress from dependent child to independent adult, they shift from reliance on others, especially mothers, for health guidance to an emerging self-reliance and self-protective stance. Central to this experience is navigating health decisions by using information from one’s childhood and integrating new knowledge as one emerges into adulthood. College health care providers and related disciplinary faculty have the opportunity to support students during this transition.

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Human papillomavirus and health decision-making: Perceptions and accountability in college

DeLauer

McGill-O'Rourke

Gordon

et al. 2019

Health Education Journal

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“…Still others (e.g., Bricker & Justice, 2019) note anecdotally that prominent anti-vaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. (Mnookin, 2017), has longstanding dies to the Democratic party and has endorsed several Democratic presidential candidates (e.g., Welch, 2003). Some celebrities who question vaccine safety (e.g., Bricker & Justice, 2019) have also made public statements indicating that they hold politically liberal views (Furdyk, 2017).…”

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“…Although the anecdotal link between identification with the Democratic party and vaccine misinformation has found a footing in popular discourse, academic research on the issue is considerably more mixed. In a synthesis of recent research on anti-vaccine opinion in the US, Bricker and Justice (2019) point to public opinion data suggesting that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to view childhood vaccines as unsafe. Although these differences are substantively small and statistically not differentiable from one another (Funk et al, 2015), they are consistent with research suggesting that parents who self-identify as liberal tend to be more willing to be vaccine hesitant; that is, pursue or consider pursuing vaccination schedules that do not reflect CDC guidelines (see: Callaghan et al, 2019 for more on the conceptualization and operationalization of vaccine hesitancy).…”

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Republicans, Not Democrats, Are More Likely to Endorse Anti-Vaccine Misinformation

Motta

2021

American Politics Research

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Vaccine safety skeptics are often thought to be more likely to self-identify as Democrats (vs. Independents or Republicans). Recent studies, however, suggest that childhood vaccine misinformation is either more common among Republicans, or is uninfluenced by partisan identification (PID). Uncertainty about the partisan underpinnings of vaccine misinformation acceptance is important, as it could complicate efforts to pursue pro-vaccine health policies. I theorize that Republicans should be more likely to endorse anti-vaccine misinformation, as they tend to express more-negative views toward scientific experts. Across six demographically and nationally representative surveys, I find that—while few Americans think that “anti-vaxxers” are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats—Republican PID is significantly associated with the belief that childhood vaccines can cause autism. Consistent with theoretical expectations, effect is strongly mediated by anti-expert attitudes—an effect which supplemental panel analyses suggest is unlikely to be reverse causal.

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“…More seriously, the main argumentative strategies of anti-vaccine activists on the Internet have been the object of a number of studies 13,31,32 . Without any pretension of an exhaustive review, the main kinds of arguments can be grouped into a few clusters: (i) Dangerous ingredients: much heat was generated by the presence of ethylmercury as a preservative in vaccines, leading to its exclusion from most vaccines used in the United States 33 .…”

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Here we go again: the reemergence of anti-vaccine activism on the Internet

Camargo

2020

Cad. Saúde Pública

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This essay discusses the resurgence of anti-vaccine activism in recent years, based on relevant literature and the author’s own experiences. After presenting possible reasons for the reemergence of such movements and their consequences, the author analyses the role of Internet-mediated communication in amplifying this discourse and making it less amenable to criticism, presenting some of the main arguments deployed by the anti-vaccine agents in their discussions. The text concludes with a draft of possible responses to this increasingly worrying phenomenon.

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The Postmodern Medical Paradigm: A Case Study of Anti-MMR Vaccine Arguments

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Human papillomavirus and health decision-making: Perceptions and accountability in college

Human papillomavirus and health decision-making: Perceptions and accountability in college

Republicans, Not Democrats, Are More Likely to Endorse Anti-Vaccine Misinformation

Here we go again: the reemergence of anti-vaccine activism on the Internet

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