ArticleJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2008
Perceptions of childhood immunization in a minority community: qualitative study.
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- Barriers and enablers to vaccination in the ultra-orthodox Jewish population: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Factors that influence parents' and informal caregivers' views and practices regarding routine childhood vaccination: a qualitative evidence synthesis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Under-vaccinated groups in Europe and their beliefs, attitudes and reasons for non-vaccination; two systematic reviews.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Parents' and informal caregivers' views and experiences of communication about routine childhood vaccination: a synthesis of qualitative evidence.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Parents' and informal caregivers' experiences of accessing childhood vaccination services within the United Kingdom: a systematic scoping review of empirical evidence.BMC public health · 2024Article
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- "A Free People, Controlled Only by God": Circulating and Converting Criticism of Vaccination in Jerusalem.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2022Article
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- "If a rabbi did say 'you have to vaccinate,' we wouldn't": Unveiling the secular logics of religious exemption and opposition to vaccination.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2021Article
- Parental trust and beliefs after the discovery of a six-year-long failure to vaccinate.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
- Socio-demographic determinants of childhood immunization incompletion in Koforidua, Ghana.BMC research notes · 2018Article
- Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions About Routine Childhood Vaccinations Among Jewish Ultra-Orthodox Mothers Residing in Communities with Low Vaccination Coverage in the Jerusalem District.Maternal and child health journal · 2017Article
- The Care of the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Patient.Journal of religion and health · 2017Article
- [Reasons some children under 5 do not get vaccinated in four Colombian citiesMotivos por que não são vacinadas crianças menores de cinco anos em quatro cidades colombianas].Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health · 2017Article
- Childhood Vaccine Acceptance and Refusal among Warao Amerindian Caregivers in Venezuela; A Qualitative Approach.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess reasons for low uptake of immunization amongst orthodox Jewish families.
designQualitative interviews with 25 orthodox Jewish mothers and 10 local health care workers.
settingThe orthodox Jewish community in North East London.
main outcome measuresIdentification of views on immunization in the orthodox Jewish community.
resultsIn a community assumed to be relatively insulated from direct media influence, word of mouth is nevertheless a potent source of rumours about vaccination dangers. The origins of these may lie in media scares that contribute to anxieties about MMR. At the same time, close community cohesion leads to a sense of relative safety in relation to tuberculosis, with consequent low rates of BCG uptake. Thus low uptake of different immunizations arises from enhanced feelings of both safety and danger. Low uptake was not found to be due to the practical difficulties associated with large families, or to perceived insensitive cultural practices of health care providers.
conclusionsThe views and practices of members of this community are not homogeneous and may change over time. It is important that assumptions concerning the role of religious beliefs do not act as an obstacle for providing clear messages concerning immunization, and community norms may be challenged by explicitly using its social networks to communicate more positive messages about immunization. The study provides a useful example of how social networks may reinforce or challenge misinformation about health and risk and the complex nature of decision making about children's health.
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