Vaccine hesitancy, vaccine refusal and the anti-vaccine movement: Influence, impact and implications

Expert Review of Vaccines

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-117

  Dubé, Eve ^a,b,c   Vivion, Maryline ^a,b,c   MacDonald, Noni E ^d,e  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

anti vaccination; parents; vaccination decisions; vaccine hesitancy; vaccine refusal

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ANTI VACCINE MOVEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEASLES; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MUMPS; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PERTUSSIS; POLIOMYELITIS; POLITICS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; RUBELLA; SOCIAL MEDIA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; PARENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 84917681860     PISSN: 14760584     EISSN: 17448395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14760584.2015.964212     Document Type: Review

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