How orthodox protestant parents decide on the vaccination of their children: A qualitative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ruijs, Wilhelmina L M ^a,b   Hautvast, Jeannine L A ^a   Van Ijzendoorn, Giovanna ^b   Van Ansem, Wilke J C ^a   Van Der Velden, Koos ^a   Hulscher, Marlies Ejl ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Municipal Health Service GGD Rivierenland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decision making; Immunization; Minority group; Religion; Religious objections to vaccination; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VACCINATION;

CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EASTERN ORTHODOXY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PROTESTANTISM; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VACCINATION;

EID: 84861805375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-408     Document Type: Article

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