Parental Hesitancy About Routine Childhood and Influenza Vaccinations: A National Survey

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 146; no. 1; p. 1
• Main Authors: Kempe, Allison, Saville, Alison W, Albertin, Christina, Zimet, Gregory, Breck, Abigail, Helmkamp, Laura, Vangala, Sitaram, Dickinson, L Miriam, Rand, Cindy, Humiston, Sharon, Szilagyi, Peter G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Academy of Pediatrics 01.07.2020
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anti-Vaccination Movement - statistics & numerical data; Attitude to Health; Child; Child, Preschool; Children; Humans; Immunization; Infant; Influenza; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Middle Aged; Parents - psychology; Pediatrics; United States; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Vaccines; Young Adult; United States; United States > US

The World Health Organization has designated vaccine hesitancy as 1 of the 10 leading threats to global health, yet there is limited current national data on prevalence of hesitancy among US parents. Among a nationally representative sample of US parents, we aimed to (1) assess and compare prevalenc...