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Cassam, Quassim – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2023
This paper argues that vice-charging, the practice of charging other persons with epistemic vice, can itself be epistemically vicious. It identifies some potential vices of vice-charging and identifies knowledge of other people as a type of knowledge that is obstructed by epistemically vicious attributions of epistemic vice. The hazards of…
Descriptors: Parents, Children, Immunization Programs, Parent Responsibility
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Limaye, Rupali J.; Malik, Fauzia; Frew, Paula M.; Randall, Laura A.; Ellingson, Mallory K.; O'Leary, Sean T.; Bednarczyk, Robert A.; Oloko, Oladeji; Salmon, Daniel A.; Omer, Saad B. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Immunization is one of the most effective ways to prevent infectious diseases. However, vaccination rates are suboptimal in the United States. Obstetric providers are critical in influencing vaccine decision making among pregnant women, as trust between a patient and provider may facilitate willingness to accept vaccination. Little is known about…
Descriptors: Patients, Decision Making, Immunization Programs, Physician Patient Relationship
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Hilyard, Karen M.; Quinn, Sandra Crouse; Kim, Kevin H.; Musa, Don; Freimuth, Vicki S. – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Although designated as a high-risk group during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic, only about 40% of U.S. children received the vaccine, a relatively low percentage compared with high-risk groups in seasonal influenza, such as the elderly, whose vaccine rates typically top 70%. To better understand parental decision making and predictors of acceptance…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, Child Health, Parents
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LaVail, Katherine Hart; Kennedy, Allison Michelle – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
Objectives: To explain vaccine confidence as it related to parents' decisions to vaccinate their children with recommended vaccines, and to develop a confidence measure to efficiently and effectively predict parents' self-reported vaccine behaviors. Method: A sample of parents with at least one child younger than 6 years ("n" = 376) was…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Safety, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making
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Pandey, Shanta; Lee, Hae nim – Health Education Journal, 2012
Background: Approximately 1.4 million or 13% of all children who die each year could be prevented with widely-available vaccines. Objective: We examined if women's empowerment improved child immunization using data on 1,056 mothers with young children from Nepal. Methods: The study utilized the 2006 Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, a…
Descriptors: Health Services, Foreign Countries, Child Health, Mothers
Sturm, Lynne A.; Zimet, Gregory D.; Klausmeier, Thomas – Zero to Three (J), 2010
Clinical conversations between health professionals and parents can be frustrating for both parties when the topic is childhood immunization. Parents bring to the table personal models of decision making and experiences of risk that may differ from those of their health care providers. They may also feel confused by an explosion of information…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Public Health, Child Health, Decision Making