[7]. These authors identified 20 high-quality European studies and found that vaccine hesitancy or refusal was associated with concerns about vaccine safety and effectiveness, perception of minimal measles risk, and mistrust of medical opinion [7]. In Europe, childhood vaccines are free and ...
Based on the Health Belief Model and prior evidence, factors contributing to individuals’ vaccine hesitancy, confidence, and/or refusal likely are multi-factorial and vary widely across individuals. Randomization of participants to the Vaccine Uptake or the General Health app study arms, outlined furt...
TheAAPhas long recommended repeatedly measuring practice-wide vaccination rates as a strategy to improve pediatricians’ “effectiveness” in garnering vaccine acceptance. Researchers who ponderpolicy responsesto the problem of “vaccine refusal” argue that insurance payment incentives aimed at health care ...
In thatarticle,Sunday Telegraphdeputy editor Claire Harvey evinced a highly tenuous grip on reality when she compared"anti-vaxers"with ISIS terrorists and likened vaccination refusal to suffocating a baby. Seriously. This, from the same person whowrotea couple of months later,...
(SAGE) working group with the mandate of defining VH and suggesting how to monitor and address it. The working group proposed a broad definition, describing a VH continuum from acceptance to refusal of vaccines or as a delay in acceptance or refusal despite the availability of the vaccines. ...
Hoax-related conspiracy theories have been shown to predict refusal to engage in preventive behaviors, including vaccination [25]. A striking finding from this study is that the Igbos from Southeast Nigeria were perceived to have the highest level of skepticism about COVID-19. This is because of...