ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2013
Provider dismissal of vaccine-hesitant families: misguided policy that fails to benefit children.
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- Immunization Coverage and Clinical Documentation of Vaccine Refusal in Pediatric Clinics: A Retrospective Analysis in the Midwestern United States, 2022-2024.Journal of pediatrics. Clinical practice · 2026Article
- Conflicting and complementary notions of responsibility in caregiver's and health care workers' vaccination narratives in the Philippines.Journal of global health · 2024Article
- Caring for the Vaccine-Hesitant Family: Evidence-Based Alternatives to Dismissal.The Journal of pediatrics · 2020Article
- Dismissal policies for vaccine refusal among US physicians: a literature review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Review
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- Addressing vaccine hesitancy: Clinical guidance for primary care physicians working with parents.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019Review
- Nurses' Perceptions Of MMR Vaccine Hesitancy In An Area With Low Vaccination Coverage.Pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics · 2019Article
- Ethics and Childhood Vaccination Policy in the United States.American journal of public health · 2016Article
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- Vaccine hesitancy: clarifying a theoretical framework for an ambiguous notion.PLoS currents · 2015Article
- Caregivers who refuse preventive care for their children: the relationship between immunization and topical fluoride refusal.American journal of public health · 2014Article
- What are the factors that contribute to parental vaccine-hesitancy and what can we do about it?Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2014Review
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Abstract
Some health care providers have adopted the policy of refusing to accept into their practices families who refuse to vaccinate their children according to the standard vaccine schedule. While the frustration that drives these policies is understandable, the practice of refusing to see these families is misguided. Such a strategy does not benefit the child or the health of the community, and may have a negative impact on both. Physicians represent the best opportunity to influence the vaccine-hesitant parent, but only if physicians are willing to care for these families will that be possible. Maintaining a relationship of open communication and trust remains the best strategy for addressing the problem of parental vaccine hesitancy.
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