The challenge of vaccine safety

Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Influenza Vaccine Uptake in US Children

“…44 Because the prevalence of ever using multivitamins/ multiminerals was much higher than any other single CAM type, we hypothesized it to be different and separated it from other BBT types. Thus, the 5 independent variables in this study are ever using, for health reasons, the following: (1) 46 This model has been used in varying health settings to study different health outcomes, 47 and it provides conceptual factors influencing health service use (influenza vaccination) at more distal levels (predisposing, enabling, and creating need), as well as the more intermediary health behavior level. Using this model, 13 covariates were selected.…”

“…1 Coupled with the success of vaccines at preventing disease, this scenario has created a public health challenge: the current low incidence of most vaccine-preventable diseases often misleads the public to the misperception that the risks of these diseases are low and the costs/risks of the vaccines are comparatively high, resulting in relatively low vaccination program participation. 2 Recently, there has been a rise in "antivaccine" and "vaccine-hesitant" sentiment in the United States.…”