The Role of Herd Immunity in Parents' Decision to Vaccinate Children: A Systematic Review

The Role of Herd Immunity in Parents' Decision to Vaccinate Children: A Systematic Review

Herd immunity is an important benefit of childhood immunization, but it is unknown if the concept of benefit to others influences parents' decisions to immunize their children. Our objective was to determine if the concept of "benefit to others" has been found in the literature to inf...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2012-09, Vol.130 (3), p.522-530
Hauptverfasser: QUADRI-SHERIFF, Maheen, HENDRIX, Kristin S, DOWNS, Stephen M, STURM, Lynne A, ZIMET, Gregory D, FINNELL, S. Maria E
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Attitude
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Child health
Children
Company business management
Decision Making
Focus groups
General aspects
Health aspects
Humans
Immunity, Herd
Immunization
Immunization - psychology
Management
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Motivation
Parent education
Parental responsibilities
Parents - psychology
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Social Responsibility
Systematic review
Vaccination
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Zusammenfassung:Herd immunity is an important benefit of childhood immunization, but it is unknown if the concept of benefit to others influences parents' decisions to immunize their children. Our objective was to determine if the concept of "benefit to others" has been found in the literature to influence parents' motivation for childhood immunization. We systematically searched Medline through October 2010 for articles on parental/guardian decision-making regarding child immunization. Studies were included if they presented original work, elicited responses from parents/guardians of children
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.2012-0140