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Study Shows 1 in 15 Parents is Hesitant About Routine Childhood Vaccines

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Study Shows 1 in 15 Parents is Hesitant About Routine Childhood Vaccines News-Medical.net A national study measuring parental attitudes toward vaccinations found 6.1% were hesitant about routine childhood immunizations while nearly 26% were hesitant about the influenza vaccine. "Our study provides the first national estimates of hesitancy about routine childhood and influenza vaccination among representative samples of U.S. parents of children, using a scale specifically developed and validated to assess vaccine hesitancy internationally," said Allison Kempe, M.D., MPH, Study Lead Author and Professor of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado. READ MORE

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