Promoting evidence-based vaccine safety research and communication-The Vienna vaccine safety initiative

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 167-169

  Rath, Barbara ^a   Ali, Mohammad ^b   Codarini, Gabriela ^c   Elemuwa, Chris ^d   Khamesipour, Ali ^e   Maurer, Wolfgang ^f   Mworozi, Edison ^g   Rundblad, Gabrielle ^h   Varughese, Shirly ⁱ   Kochhar, Sonali ^j  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b International Vaccine Institute   (South Korea)

^c Stamboulian Vaccination Center   (Argentina)

^d Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^g MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^j Institute for One World Health   (India)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; VACCINATION;

AUSTRIA; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; SAFETY; VACCINES;

EID: 84862581075     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fms022     Document Type: Editorial

References (20)

1. Chen RT. Vaccine risks: real, perceived and unknown. Vaccine 1999;17:S41-6.
2. Tugumisirize F, Tumwine JK, Mworozi EA. Missed opportunities and caretaker constraints to childhood vaccination in a rural area in Uganda. East Afr Med J 2002;79:347-54.
3. Moran N, Shickle D, Richardson E. European citizens' opinions on immunisation. Vaccine 2008;26:411-8.
4. UN. Convention on the Rights of the Child. United Nations, Adopted and opened for signature, ratification and accession by General Assembly resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989; entry into force 2 September 1990, in accordance with Article 49. http://www2.ohchr.org/ english/law/pdf/crc.pdf (2 April 2012, last date accessed), 1989.
5. Leask J, Chapman S, Hawe P, et al. What maintains parental support for vaccination when challenged by anti-vaccination messages? A qualitative study. Vaccine 2006;24:7238-45.
6. Kennedy A, Glasser J, Covello V, et al. Development of vaccine risk communication messages using risk comparisons and mathematical modeling. J Health Commun 2008;13:793-807.
7. Levi BH. Addressing parents' concerns about childhood immunizations: a tutorial for primary care providers. Pediatrics 2007;120:18-26.
8. Helfert S. Perceptions of vaccine safety among parents and guardians of children and adolescents in Vienna, Austria: Impact of the parent-physician relationship on the acceptance of recommended vaccines. Vienna: Medical University of Vienna, 2010.
9. CIOMS/WHO. Working Group on Vaccine Pharmacovigilance. Definition and Application of Terms for Vaccine Pharmacovigilance. Geneva: CIOMS/ WHO, 2012. http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/ 2012/9789290360834 eng.pdf (2 April 2012, last date accessed).
10. Wiysonge CS, Waggie Z, Mahomed H, et al. Developing vaccinology expertise for Africa: six years and counting. Vaccine 2011;29:5821-3.
11. Oubari H. Perceptions of vaccine safety among parents and guardians of children in Vienna, Austria: Assessing trust in vaccines in relation to the media and other sources of vaccine safety information. Vienna: Medical University of Vienna, 2010.
12. Heininger U. An internet-based survey on parental attitudes towards immunization. Vaccine 2006;24: 6351-5.
13. McMullan M. Patients using the Internet to obtain health information: how this affects the patient-health professional relationship. Patient Educ Couns 2006;63: 24-8.
14. Kortum P, Edwards C, Richards-Kortum R. The impact of inaccurate Internet health information in a secondary school learning environment. J Med Internet Res 2008;10:e17.
15. Mills E, Jadad AR, Ross C, et al. Systematic review of qualitative studies exploring parental beliefs and attitudes toward childhood vaccination identifies common barriers to vaccination. J Clin Epidemiol 2005;58:1081-8.
16. Gust DA, Darling N, Kennedy A, et al. Parents with doubts about vaccines: which vaccines and reasons why. Pediatrics 2008;122:718-25.
17. Sturm LA, Mays RM, Zimet GD. Parental beliefs and decision making about child and adolescent immunization: from polio to sexually transmitted infections. J Dev and Behav Pediatr 2005;26:441-52.
18. Hobson-West P. Trusting blindly can be the biggest risk of all: organised resistance to childhood vaccination in the UK. Sociol Health Illn 2007;29:198-215.
19. Grizas AP, Camenga D, Vazquez M. Cocooning: a concept to protect young children from infectious diseases. Curr Opin Pediatr 2012;24:92-7.
20. Muehlhans S, Richard G, Ali M, et al. Safety reporting in developing country vaccine clinical trials-A systematic review. Vaccine 2012.