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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2016

Ethics and Childhood Vaccination Policy in the United States.

Kristin S Hendrix, Lynne A Sturm, Gregory D Zimet, Eric M Meslin

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Article in American journal of public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. A review of vaccine effects on women in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology · 2020
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  19. Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy.The Permanente journal · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristin S HendrixKristin S. Hendrix, Lynne A. Sturm, and Gregory D. Zimet are with the Department of Pediatrics and Eric M. Meslin is with the Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Lynne A SturmKristin S. Hendrix, Lynne A. Sturm, and Gregory D. Zimet are with the Department of Pediatrics and Eric M. Meslin is with the Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Gregory D ZimetKristin S. Hendrix, Lynne A. Sturm, and Gregory D. Zimet are with the Department of Pediatrics and Eric M. Meslin is with the Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Eric M MeslinKristin S. Hendrix, Lynne A. Sturm, and Gregory D. Zimet are with the Department of Pediatrics and Eric M. Meslin is with the Center for Bioethics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
Center for Orthopaedics · US

Funding

Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences InstituteUL1TR001108 · NCATS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI DENNE, SCOTT C., SHEKHAR, ANANTHA · 2013 to 2017
$23.3M
Indiana University-Moi University Academic Research Ethics PartnershipR25TW006070 · FIC · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI VREEMAN, RACHEL CHRISTINE · 2008 to 2016
$2.2M
Parents' Influenza Vaccine Decisions for Their Children and for ThemselvesK01AI110525 · NIAID · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI HENDRIX, KRISTIN S · 2014 to 2015
$281k
FIC NIH HHS 2R25TW006070-05FIC NIH HHS R25 TW006070NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001108NCATS NIH HHS UL1TR001108NIAID NIH HHS K01 AI110525NIAID NIH HHS K01AI110525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood immunization involves a balance between parents' autonomy in deciding whether to immunize their children and the benefits to public health from mandating vaccines. Ethical concerns about pediatric vaccination span several public health domains, including those of policymakers, clinicians, and other professionals. In light of ongoing developments and debates, we discuss several key ethical issues concerning childhood immunization in the United States and describe how they affect policy development and clinical practice. We focus on ethical considerations pertaining to herd immunity as a community good, vaccine communication, dismissal of vaccine-refusing families from practice, and vaccine mandates. Clinicians and policymakers need to consider the nature and timing of vaccine-related discussions and invoke deliberative approaches to policy-making.

Indexed as

Health PolicyImmunity, HerdChildChild, PreschoolCommunicationDisease OutbreaksHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansInfantPediatricsTreatment RefusalUnited StatesVaccinationVaccinesVaccines

Identifiers

PMID26691123
PMCPMC4815604
OpenAlexW2237642251

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