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The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC |
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The 36th National Immunization Conference of CDC |
Governor's Square 14 (Plaza Building) (Adam's Mark Hotel)
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B2: Vaccine Safety Concerns and Beliefs Among Activists, Parents, and Providers | |||
| This session will examine vaccine safety concerns and beliefs among vaccine safety activists, parents, and physicians. First, an analysis of issues and communication strategies found on immunization activist internet sites will be presented. Second, the results from a national survey of pediatricians and family physicians regarding their experiences with vaccine safety issues will be discussed. Finally, the results of a national survey of parents regarding their concerns and beliefs about vaccine safety and immunization information will be described. The implications of these findings for vaccine benefit-risk communication will be examined. | |||
| Learning Objectives: Following this session, participants will be able to identify and more effectively respond to common vaccine safety concerns and beliefs among activists, parents, and providers.
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| Moderator: | Kristine M. Sheedy | ||
| 4:30 PM | Introductory Remarks | ||
| 4:40 PM | 148 | A Survey of Anti-vaccination Websites Robert M. Wolfe, Lisa K. Sharp | |
| 5:00 PM | 561 | Vaccine Safety Issues: Physician Experiences with Parents GL Freed, SJ Clark, Beth F. Hibbs, J Santoli | |
| 5:20 PM | 606 | Parental attitudes, concerns and beliefs about vaccine safety and immunization information: Results from the 2001 Healthstyles survey Rachel Woodruff, Kristine Sheedy, Debbie A. Gust, Glen Nowak, Karena F. Sapsis, Beth F. Hibbs | |
| 5:40 PM | Discussion | ||