Sustaining motivation to immunize

Manthiram, Kalpana; Edwards, Kathryn; Hassan, Areej

doi:10.4161/hv.29871

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“…Lastly, as indicated above, country-specific conditions affect vaccine uptake. While in some countries factors, such as high costs, quality of vaccines, ability of vaccinators and stockouts, dissuade parents, in others, infeasible travelling to longer distances to reach immunization clinics, cleanliness of government health centres among others hamper their ability to get their children vaccinated (Manthiram, Edwards, & Hassan, 2014). In Myanmar, for instance, children in rural areas, children of mothers with lower educational achievement, children from poorer families and children in some states or regions are much less likely to receive their basic vaccinations.…”

Section: Parental Concernsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Campaigns have used celebrities to heighten awareness about vaccination-preventable diseases. For example, the mass media campaign for eradication of Poliomyelitis in India used celebrities and role models for promoting immunization and engagement of vaccine-hesitant families with community mobilizers for counselling (John & Vashishtha, 2013;Manthiram et al, 2014).…”

Section: Communication Campaignsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Vaccine Hesitancy: The Growing Parent–Provider Divide

Kashyap¹,

Shrivastava²,

Krishnatray³

2019

Asia Pacific Media Educator

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Vast majority of parents continue to immunize their children against deadly infectious diseases. However, of late, growing number of them in both developed and developing nations have refused vaccination forcing the World Health Organization to declare vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten major threats to global health. This research reviews literature published in the last few years to understand and explain the phenomenon. It identifies 10 reasons for people’s reluctance for vaccination: parental concerns, perceived disease susceptibility, parent–provider relationship, government policies, role of school authorities, weak interpersonal communication (IPC) skills of health workers, religious beliefs, role of media, social media and information on vaccines, and lack of trust. The review categorizes parents who hesitate or refuse vaccination into four categories: obedients, ditherers, doubters and defiants. Finally, it summarizes recommendations and steps that researchers and policy makers have made to stem the growing concerns regarding vaccine hesitancy.

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Section: Parental Concernsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Communication Campaignsmentioning

confidence: 99%