TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Vaccine Opposition and Hesitancy
A1  - Bettinger, Julie A.
A1  - Mitchell, Hana
A2  - Loscalzo, Joseph
A2  - Fauci, Anthony
A2  - Kasper, Dennis
A2  - Hauser, Stephen
A2  - Longo, Dan
A2  - Jameson, J. Larry
PY  - 2022
T2  - Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 21e
AB  - Vaccines  have  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  top  public  health  achievements  of  the  twentieth  century.  Dramatic  declines  in  the  morbidity  and  mortality  of  vaccine-preventable  diseases  have  been  observed,  and  the  contribution  of  vaccines  to  the  elimination,  control,  and  prevention  of  infectious  disease  cannot  be  overstated.  However,  opposition  and  hesitancy  to  vaccines  exist  and  are  not  new.  Vaccine  hesitancy  has  existed  since  Edward  Jenner  introduced  the  first  vaccine  against  smallpox  in  the  eighteenth  century.  So  why  did  the  World  Health  Organization  rank  these  attitudes  as  one  of  the  ten  greatest  threats  to  public  health  in  2019?  Are  current  opposition  and  hesitancy  any  different  from  what  has  been  seen  before?  Many  sociologists,  public  health  experts,  and  health  care  providers  (HCPs)  argue  yes.  Recent  social  and  cultural  trends,  combined  with  new  communication  formats,  have  converged  to  create  a  particularly  potent  form  of  hesitancy  and  what  some  have  labeled  a  crisis  of  confidence.  This  crisis  manifests  as  a  lack  of  trust  in  specific  vaccines,  vaccine  programs,  researchers,  HCPs,  the  health  care  system,  pharmaceutical  companies,  academics,  policymakers,  governments,  and  authority  in  general.  (See  “Focus:  COVID-19  Vaccine  Hesitancy,”  below.)  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1197334982
ER  -