Parental attitudes and decision-making regarding MMR vaccination in an anthroposophic community in Sweden - A qualitative study

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 50, 2014, Pages 6752-6757

  Byström, Emma ^a,b   Lindstrand, Ann ^b   Likhite, Nathalie ^c   Butler, Robb ^c   Emmelin, Maria ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthroposophic community; Decision making; MMR; Parental attitudes

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE;

ADULT; ALLOPATHY; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINATION; MUMPS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RUBELLA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; SWEDEN; TREATMENT REFUSAL; ATTITUDE; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION; VACCINATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES-MUMPS-RUBELLA VACCINE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN; VACCINATION;

EID: 84909635468     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.10.011     Document Type: Article

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