Parental vaccine safety concerns in 2009
GL Freed, SJ Clark, AT Butchart, DC Singer… - Pediatrics, 2010 - publications.aap.org
OBJECTIVE: Vaccine safety concerns can diminish parents' willingness to vaccinate their
children. The objective of this study was to characterize the current prevalence of parental
vaccine refusal and specific vaccine safety concerns and to determine whether such
concerns were more common in specific population groups. METHODS: In January 2009, as
part of a larger study of parents and nonparents, 2521 online surveys were sent to a
nationally representative sample of parents of children who were aged≤ 17 years. The main …
children. The objective of this study was to characterize the current prevalence of parental
vaccine refusal and specific vaccine safety concerns and to determine whether such
concerns were more common in specific population groups. METHODS: In January 2009, as
part of a larger study of parents and nonparents, 2521 online surveys were sent to a
nationally representative sample of parents of children who were aged≤ 17 years. The main …