title: The big picture in addressing vaccine hesitancy.
abstract: Public acceptance of vaccination has never been a given. Today there is a set of societal circumstances that may contribute to a growing parental hesitancy about vaccination. These include: increasingly 'crowded' vaccination schedules; lower prevalence of vaccine-preventable diseases; greater access to, and more rapid dissemination of, vaccine-critical messages via digital networks; hyper-vigilance of parents in relation to children and risk; and an increasingly consumerist orientation to healthcare.
authors.affiliation: a University of Sydney; School of Public Health ; New South Wales , Sydney , Australia.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Leask
authors.forename: Harold W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Willaby
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaufman
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D014611:Vaccination / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage*
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines
keywords: attitudes to health; communication; evidence based medicine; health services research; psychology