title: Vaccine acceptance: the UK perspective.
abstract: The United Kingdom has had a long history with vaccine acceptability dating back to Edward Jenner's theory of small pox vaccination. More recently, the discredited, Wakefield study published in 1998 continues to cause MMR skepticism. In pregnant women pertussis vaccination has been considerably more successful than influenza vaccination. Influenza vaccine uptake in healthcare workers remains poor. The media, politicians, and health reforms have contributed to the mixed coverage for these vaccines. In this article we examine vaccine acceptability from a UK perspective, and consider the future impact this is likely to have on the introduction of rotavirus and shingles vaccine in the UK in 2013.
authors.affiliation: Academic Clinical Fellow in Public Health; University of East Anglia; Norwich, Norfolk, UK.
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ford
authors.affiliation: Public Health England; Anglia Health Protection Team, Anglia & Essex PHE Centre; Thetford, Norfolk, UK.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mahgoub
authors.affiliation: Public Health England; Anglia Health Protection Team, Anglia & Essex PHE Centre; Thetford, Norfolk, UK.
authors.forename: Ananda Giri
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Shankar
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006562:Herpes Zoster / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D006113:United Kingdom; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
keywords: MMR; UK; influenza; pertussis; rotavirus; shingles; vaccine acceptance
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