scholarly journals Childhood vaccine uptake in Africa: threats, challenges, and opportunities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Mbonigaba ◽  
David Nderu ◽  
Simiao Chen ◽  
C. Denkinger ◽  
P. Geldsetzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Childhood Vaccine

scholarly journals What Determines Vaccine Hesitancy: Recommendations from Childhood Vaccine Hesitancy to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Vaccines ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 80
Author(s):  
Farren Rodrigues ◽  
Suzanne Block ◽  
Suruchi Sood
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Childhood Vaccination ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Multifaceted Approach ◽  
What Works ◽  
Childhood Vaccine

Vaccine hesitancy is a prevalent and ongoing issue. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, additional attention has been brought to the topic of vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to the population’s health globally. This article aims to acquire insights from previous literature to determine what works to increase vaccine uptake and how we can apply this knowledge to increase COVID-19 vaccine uptake. Research has focused chiefly on childhood vaccination and the hesitancy of caregivers. After conducting an extensive literature review, we have created a conceptual model of indicators that influence vaccine uptake for health providers and caregivers, which can also be used for vaccine recipients. Overall, the reasons for vaccine hesitancy are complex; therefore, a multifaceted approach is needed to address it. Understanding the factors that affect vaccine hesitancy will aid in addressing hesitancy and, in turn, lead to an increase in vaccine uptake.

scholarly journals TIMELINESS OF CHILDHOOD VACCINE UPTAKE AMONG CHILDREN ATTENDING IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS CLINIC IN CENTRAL INDIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (73) ◽  
pp. 5232-5237
Author(s):  
Durgesh Prasad Sahoo ◽  
Ashok Rupraoji Jadhao ◽  
Jyotsna Sukhdeo Deshmukh ◽  
Anchlesh Vinod Tekam ◽  
Roshan Umedlal Raut
Keyword(s):  
Central India ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Childhood Vaccine

scholarly journals Paediatric influenza vaccination program suspension: effect on childhood vaccine uptake

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 494-495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna B. Mak ◽  
Dale Carcione ◽  
Sarah Joyce ◽  
Stephania Tomlin ◽  
Paul V. Effler
Keyword(s):  
Influenza Vaccination ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Vaccination Program ◽  
Childhood Vaccine ◽  
Suspension Effect

scholarly journals Quantifying The Effect of Wakefield et al. (1998) on Skepticism about MMR Vaccine Safety in the U.S.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matt Motta ◽  
Dominik Stecula
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Public Confidence ◽  
Mmr Vaccine ◽  
Media Attention ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Childhood Vaccine

Background. Efforts to trace the rise of childhood vaccine safety concerns in the US often suggest Andrew Wakefield and colleagues’ retracted 1998 Lancet study (AW98) – which alleged that the MMR vaccine can cause children to develop autism – as a primary cause of US vaccine skepticism. However, a lack of public opinion data on MMR safety collected before/after AW98’s publication obscures whether anecdotal accounts are indicative of a potentially-causal effect. Methods. We address this problem using a regression discontinuity framework to study change in monthly MMR injury claims (N = 74,850; from 1990-2019) from the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) to proxy concern about vaccine safety. Additionally, we suggest a potential mechanism for the effect of AW98 on vaccine skepticism, via automated sentiment analyses of MMR-related news stories (N = 674; from 1996-2000) in major television and newspaper outlets. Results. AW98 led to an immediate increase of about 70 MMR injury claims cases per month, averaging across six estimation strategies (meta-analytic effect = 70.44 [52.19, 88.75], p < 0.01). Preliminary evidence suggests that the volume of negative media attention to MMR increased in the weeks following AW98’s publication, across four estimation strategies (meta-analytic effect = 9.59% [3.66, 15.51], p < 0.01).Conclusions. Vaccine skepticism increased following the publication of AW98, which was potentially made possible by increased negative media coverage of MMR. Significance. Childhood vaccine skepticism presents an important challenge to widespread vaccine uptake, and undermines support for pro-vaccine health policies. In addition to advancing our understanding of the previously-obscured origins of US vaccine skepticism, our work cautions that high-profile media attention to inaccurate scientific studies can undermine public confidence in vaccines. We conclude by offering several recommendations that researchers and health communicators might consider to detect and address future threats to vaccine confidence.

scholarly journals The landscape of childhood vaccine exemptions in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Casey M. Zipfel ◽  
Romain Garnier ◽  
Madeline C. Kuney ◽  
Shweta Bansal
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Temporal Trends ◽  
Herd Immunity ◽  
Public Health Intervention ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Childhood Diseases ◽  
Childhood Vaccine ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Vaccine Exemption

AbstractOnce-eliminated vaccine-preventable childhood diseases, such as measles, are resurging across the United States. Understanding the spatio-temporal trends in vaccine exemptions is crucial to targeting public health intervention to increase vaccine uptake and anticipating vulnerable populations as cases surge. However, prior available data on childhood disease vaccination is either at too rough a spatial scale for this spatially-heterogeneous issue, or is only available for small geographic regions, making general conclusions infeasible. Here, we have collated school vaccine exemption data across the United States and provide it at the county-level for all years included. We demonstrate the fine-scale spatial heterogeneity in vaccine exemption levels, and show that many counties may fall below the herd immunity threshold. We also show that vaccine exemptions increase over time in most states, and non-medical exemptions are highly prevalent where allowed. Our dataset also highlights the need for greater data sharing and standardized reporting across the United States.

scholarly journals Role of Social Media in vaccination debate about HPV: the VAC Medi+Board study

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Artus ◽  
H Larson ◽  
P Kostkova
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Hpv Vaccine ◽  
Information Diffusion ◽  
Vaccine Uptake ◽  
Digital Networks ◽  
Rapid Responses ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Government

Abstract Whilst it has long been known that anti-vaccination sentiment is widely disseminated through digital networks, 2019 has seen seismic shifts in the landscape. As viral videos originating on Youtube spread across social networks, HPV vaccine uptake tumbled in a number of countries. In Japan, the government came under sufficient pressure that they de-recommended HPV vaccine, seeing a 70% uptake rate in 2013 fall below 1%. However, there have been some reports of successful interventions - a recent campaign run by the HPV Alliance in Ireland has seen a rate back up to a national average of around 75%. A combination of hard-hitting personal testimonials, social media and traditional media looked to promote the HPV vaccine. Social media platforms such as Twitter enable near real-time understandings of vaccine sentiment and information flows at scale. VAC Medi+Board project developed an innovative approach for Twitter data collection, integration, analysis and visualisation to support rapid responses through identifying key influencers and flashpoints in articles about vaccination going viral. This pilot study evaluated the debate about HPV on Twitter in a period of several month and developed methods for analysis and visualisation of the content, key influencers, information diffusion throughout the network and size of audience. Through complex network analysis, VAC Medi+Board piloted identification of individuals for targeted public health interventions to combat misinformation. In this talk, we will present the VAC Medi+Board HPV study and explore the challenges and opportunities that social media can provide for public health policymakers.

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