A Cuban Perspective on the Antivaccination Movement
| Autor: | Lena López-Ambrón, Elba Cruz-Rodríguez, Belkys M Galindo-Santana |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Internationality Population Psychological intervention Disease Political science Environmental health medicine Humans Social media Mass Media education Mass media education.field_of_study Vaccines Primary Health Care business.industry Public health Cuba General Medicine Anti-Vaccination Movement Vaccination Public Health business Social Media |
| Zdroj: | MEDICC review. 21(4) |
| ISSN: | 1527-3172 |
| Popis: | Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective interventions for control of communicable diseases. This health achievement could flounder if measures are not taken by health systems to prioritize immunization, increase vaccination rates and educate health professionals to address public concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy. Parents' refusal to vaccinate their children directly affects public health, because it puts both individual and group immunity in danger; immunization coverage is effective only when high population coverage is attained. The growing number of antivaccination (antivaxxer) groups around the world is alarming, contributing to falling vaccination rates. Troubling consequences include disease outbreaks in several countries globally and in our hemisphere. This article looks at the history and features of antivaxxer movements around the world and proposes ways the Cuban health system, through its National Immunization Program, can address dangers for the population associated with potentially negative infiuences of social-network antivaxxer campaigns. The paper underscores the role of mass and social media, health professional training and sustained competence, and the importance of a vaccine-related adverse events surveillance system. KEYWORDS Vaccination, immunization, antivaccination move-ment, antivaccine groups, primary health care, society, communi-cations media, social media, Cuba. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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