Vaccine hesitancy
Alternative labels
Vaccine myopia
Journal article
‘Get your own house in order’: qualitative dialogue groups with non-vaccinating parents on how measles outbreaks in their community should be managed
Communities with high levels of vaccine rejection present unique challenges to vaccine-preventable disease outbreak management. This paper sought perspectives of non-vaccinating parents to inform public health responses in such communities.
Report
Māori Māmā views and experiences of vaccinating their pēpi and tamariki: a qualitative Kaupapa Māori study
This report explores the complex social and cultural reasons that Māori may be less likely to engage with childhood vaccination services
Report
Managing COVID-19 outbreaks in disability residential settings: lessons from Victoria's second wave
This study provides insights into the challenges experienced by managers and workers in Victorian disability residential settings in the second wave of Victoria’s COVID-19 pandemic.
Journal article
Parenting and the vaccine refusal process: a new explanation of the relationship between lifestyle and vaccination trajectories
The variation and dynamic nature of the vaccination trajectories described in this study suggests that vaccine refusal is not a static trait but rather the result of ever-changing experience and continual risk assessment; not all non-vaccinating parents fit the ‘alternative lifestyle’ stereotype