The debate on whether or not to vaccinate infants has been a hot topic the past few years. Recent studies and articles have verified the growing fears and concerns over vaccine safety especially in infants and children. These fears and concerns are a major cause of parental vaccine hesitancy in infants and children. Vaccine hesitancy, which is the refusal or delay of vaccination, can lead to decreased immunization rates in infants. Anyone familiar with vaccinations should agree that infants who are not vaccinated are more susceptible to vaccine preventable diseases. On the other hand, vaccinated individuals are less likely to succumb to the disabilities, illnesses, and even death caused by specific vaccine preventable diseases, as for
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The purpose, method, and results of this study made sense, and the authors notably acknowledged their limitations. Admittedly, there are limited studies regarding vaccine messaging on parents’ intent to vaccinate their children. The data and results from this study, however, should encourage the communication of vaccinations and prompt future studies like it. The most important finding from this relevant study is: The most effective way to increase parental vaccine intent is to educate and inform parents on the benefits that each vaccine will provide for their infant (Hendrix et al., 2014). The importance of this finding, as evidence assumes, is that increases in parental vaccine intention will result in an increase in the number of infants vaccinated, which will in turn benefit each individually vaccinated infant. Increase in parental vaccine intention will also benefit society through herd immunity as more infants are vaccinated. The results of this evidence based study can be used by providers as a best approach method for informing parents about vaccinations in order to decrease their vaccine hesitancy and increase their intent to vaccinate their infant (Hendrix et al.,
The purpose, method, and results of this study made sense, and the authors notably acknowledged their limitations. Admittedly, there are limited studies regarding vaccine messaging on parents’ intent to vaccinate their children. The data and results from this study, however, should encourage the communication of vaccinations and prompt future studies like it. The most important finding from this relevant study is: The most effective way to increase parental vaccine intent is to educate and inform parents on the benefits that each vaccine will provide for their infant (Hendrix et al., 2014). The importance of this finding, as evidence assumes, is that increases in parental vaccine intention will result in an increase in the number of infants vaccinated, which will in turn benefit each individually vaccinated infant. Increase in parental vaccine intention will also benefit society through herd immunity as more infants are vaccinated. The results of this evidence based study can be used by providers as a best approach method for informing parents about vaccinations in order to decrease their vaccine hesitancy and increase their intent to vaccinate their infant (Hendrix et al.,