A Systematic Review of the Rationale for Vaccine Hesitancy among American Parents

Authors

Jordan Luttrell-Freeman, Butler County (OH) General Health District
Timothy J. Bungum, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Jennifer R. Pharr, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-8-2021

Publication Title

Global Journal of Health Science

Volume

13

Issue

8

First page number:

77

Last page number:

118

Abstract

Vaccines are one of the most successful interventions in the history of public health. They are largely responsible for the near eradication of several diseases. However, some people are vaccination averse which can lead to vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitant parents are those that refuse or delay getting their children vaccinated despite the availability of vaccination services. This phenomenon often occurs despite parent’s belief that vaccines are effective. The purpose of this review was to exam available literature to identify predictors of vaccine hesitancy among parents and parental rationale for vaccine hesitancy

Keywords

vaccine hesitancy, parents, United States

Disciplines

American Studies | Influenza Virus Vaccines

Repository Citation

Luttrell-Freeman, J., Bungum, T. J., Pharr, J. R. (2021). A Systematic Review of the Rationale for Vaccine Hesitancy among American Parents. Global Journal of Health Science, 13(8), 77-118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/gjhs.v13n8p77