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AAP Grand Rounds 14:45-46 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

Why Do Parents Oppose Vaccination?

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Although immunizations are required of every child entering kindergarten, medical exemptions are permitted in all 50 states, religious exemption in 48, and exemptions for philosophical reasons in 19. In many states, proposals to expand immunization exemptions frequently are brought before legislatures. The aims of this study, conducted by researchers from the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, were to describe the sociodemographic factors, vaccine beliefs, and behaviors associated with parents’ opposition to compulsory vaccination, and to assess the association between residence in a state allowing philosophical exemption and parental opposition to compulsory immunization.

Data were drawn from the 2002 HealthStyles survey, which was sent . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Stanley I. Fisch, MD, FAAP

Private practice, Harlingen, TX

 

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