ArticleChildren's health care : journal of the Association for the Care of Children's Health2020
Vaccine Hesitancy and Illness Perceptions: Comparing Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to other Parent Groups.
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- Multi-perspectives systematic review on the applications of sentiment analysis for vaccine hesitancy.Computers in biology and medicine · 2021Pooled it
- Vaccine Hesitancy in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Factors Impacting Treatment Decisions in Caregivers of Autistic Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Parental vaccine hesitancy and immunization practices in children with food allergy.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- Vaccination in individuals with Down syndrome: immune vulnerability, safety, efficacy and opportunities.NPJ vaccines · 2026Review
- Vaccine Hesitancy in the Autism Spectrum Disorder Context: Parental Vaccine Decision-Making and Coping with Stress Strategies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Vaccine hesitancy among parents of children with chronic diseases of different pathophysiology: a cross-sectional study in Sivas, Türkiye.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Routine vaccine uptake in school-aged autistic and non-autistic youth: A linked database study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2024Article
- Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccination among parents of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Evaluating COVID-19 vaccination intentions and vaccine hesitancy among parents of children with autism spectrum disorder.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Review
- [Autism Spectrum Disorders: What the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taught Us].Annales medico-psychologiques · 2022Article
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Abstract
Fears persist despite compelling evidence refuting associations between vaccines and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We compared vaccine hesitancy (VH) and beliefs about illness causes among parents of children in four groups: ASD, non-ASD developmental disorders, rheumatologic conditions, and the general pediatric population. VH was 19.9% overall; parents of children with ASD reported highest VH rates (29.5%) and more frequently attributed ASD to toxins in vaccines (28.9% vs. 15.7%, p=0.004). The odds of VH were increased among parents who attributed their child's condition to diet or eating habits (aOR 4.2; 95% CI: 1.6, 11.2) and toxins found in vaccines (aOR 20, 95% CI: 7.1, 55.9). Parents who attributed the condition to chance or bad luck were less likely to be vaccine hesitant (aOR 0.1; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.5).
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