Vaccine hesitancy: An overview

Despite being recognized as one of the most successful public health measures, vaccination is perceived as unsafe and unnecessary by a growing number of individuals. Lack of confidence in vaccines is now considered a threat to the success of vaccination programs. Vaccine hesitancy is believed to be...

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Published in:Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 2013-08, Vol.9 (8), p.1763-1773
Main Authors: Dubé, Eve, Laberge, Caroline, Guay, Maryse, Bramadat, Paul, Roy, Réal, Bettinger, Julie A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communicable Diseases - epidemiology
decision-making
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
psychosocial factors
Review
Risk Assessment
socio-cultural factors
vaccination
Vaccination - psychology
Vaccination - utilization
vaccine-hesitancy
Vaccines - administration & dosage
Vaccines - adverse effects
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Summary:Despite being recognized as one of the most successful public health measures, vaccination is perceived as unsafe and unnecessary by a growing number of individuals. Lack of confidence in vaccines is now considered a threat to the success of vaccination programs. Vaccine hesitancy is believed to be responsible for decreasing vaccine coverage and an increasing risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks and epidemics. This review provides an overview of the phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy. First, we will characterize vaccine hesitancy and suggest the possible causes of the apparent increase in vaccine hesitancy in the developed world. Then we will look at determinants of individual decision-making about vaccination.
ISSN:2164-5515
2164-554X
DOI:10.4161/hv.24657