Feeling bad about immunising our children

Abigail L Wroe; Angela Bhan; Paul M Salkovskis; Helen Bedford

doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.004

Feeling bad about immunising our children

Abigail L Wroe, Angela Bhan, Paul M Salkovskis, Helen Bedford

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Uptake of MMR vaccinations is as low as 60% in some parts of the UK. This poses a serious public health issue. This longitudinal study investigates parental decisions about MMR and single vaccinations. Parents (n = 114) rated their perceptions of the benefits and risks of immunisation, and emotion-related variables; and were followed up to ask their final immunisation decision. Analyses demonstrated that parental decisions were explained by emotion-related variables, specifically anticipated responsibility and regret. It was concluded that parents’ decisions about MMR are strongly influenced by the idea than harm that occurs as a result of deciding to immunise (commission) is less acceptable than harm that occurs as a result of deciding not to immunise (omission) (known as ‘omission bias’).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1428-1433
Number of pages	6
Journal	Vaccine
Volume	23
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2004.10.004
Publication status	Published - 2005

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