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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Childhood vaccination"”.
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To Get the Shot or Not: Narratives, Rhetoric, and the Childhood Vaccination Crisis
… are questioning the need for and safety of childhood vaccinations. Incidences of disease have risen as fewer parents have vaccinated their children. Perhaps the most significant public figure to reinforce the choices of parents not-to-vaccinate is Jenny McCarthy, whose best-selling book …
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Žiniasklaidos darbuotojų požiūris į vakcinaciją /
Journalists Attitudes Towards Vaccination Objective. To assess journalists attitudes towards vaccination. Tasks: 1. To assess journalists attitudes towards vaccination (need of routine childhood vaccination, its benefits, effectiveness, scientific validity, safety). 2. To predict journalists …
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The social psychological consequences of conspiracy theories
… (b) environmentally-friendly initiatives and (c) childhood vaccination (Chapters 2 and 3). Ironically however, instead of undermining the social status quo, we found in four experiments that conspiracy theories appear to bolster satisfaction with social systems. They appear to do so because they …
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Priežasčių, dėl kurių tėvai atsisako skiepyti vaikus pagal skiepų kalendorių, analizė. BD konsultantas prof. dr. Natalja Istomina /
Childhood vaccination on time provides individual and community protection against infectious diseases. In Lithuania, young children are vaccinated according to the preventive vaccination schedule. The decline in the high level of immunization maintained in the country for a long time, due to the …
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It always has to come down to individual choice . Vaccination decision-making among privileged parents in South Africa
… the lived experiences and perspectives on vaccination, of parents from privileged communities, in the Western Cape, South Africa. Privilege was defined as individuals who have an educational level above high school, and through self-report had experienced no major financial difficulties, …
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Parental Perceptions of Childhood Vaccines: A Qualitative Study
… parents’ views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination.</p> <p><strong>Background:</strong> Recently, pediatric healthcare providers have reported seeing an alarming increase in the number of families no longer maintaining their child’s recommended vaccination schedule. The Centers …
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Vaccine policy & vaccine politics: an analysis of United States vaccine uptake by state-level school and childcare vaccination mandate policies and state-level election results
Childhood vaccinations have transformed public health both in the United States (US) and internationally and are credited with saving millions of lives and trillions of dollars in direct and societal costs. Despite overwhelming evidence supporting vaccine safety and effectiveness, skepticism and …
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Development and testing of recombinant B. abortus RB51 vaccine strains carrying M. tuberculosis protective antigens
… in the world. Clinical studies have shown childhood vaccination with BCG to be protective against disseminating and meningeal forms of TB. However, the efficacy of BCG against pulmonary TB in adults has been variable and inconsistent (0-80%). The objective of this study is to develop and …
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Applications of Methods in Causal Inference
… to draw the causal relationship between the vaccination monitoring system in Pakistan on vaccine uptake and coverage. Finally, the third chapter uses callaway and sant’anna method and Goodman-bacon decomposition to show how difference-in-difference with staggered timing can yield biased …
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A molecular epidemiological analysis of meningococcal isolates within Scotland 1972-1998
… to be immunised with any vaccine as part of the childhood vaccination programme, the 0-4 years old group, the potential coverage was over 92% which is comparable with the coverage seen with the serogroup C meningococcal conjugate (MCC) vaccine, of approximately 90%.
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Factors contributing to children missing doses of Expanded Program on Immunization in Vhembe District, Thulamela Municipality
Missed doses of childhood immunisation remain a significant public health concern in South Africa, particularly in rural settings, where vaccine-preventable diseases continue to contribute to avoidable childhood morbidity and mortality. There is free immunisation services available through the …