Pertussis Infection in a Naturopathic Primary Care Setting: Reflection on a Case
| Autor: | Luciano Garofalo, Meghan Sperandeo, Joshua Corn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Vaccines
medicine.medical_specialty Primary Health Care Whooping Cough business.industry Public health Naturopathy Vaccination MEDLINE General Medicine Case presentation Disease Primary care 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Family medicine Health care Commentary Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Perm J |
| ISSN: | 1552-5775 1552-5767 |
| DOI: | 10.7812/tpp/20.065 |
| Popis: | Introduction Pertussis is a vaccine-preventable disease that has made a global resurgence in the 21st century. Vaccine hesitancy remains a persistent barrier to achieving protective vaccination rates. Vaccine-hesitant individuals may be more likely to seek counsel with a naturopathic doctor. Seven more state legislatures have voted to license and/or regulate naturopathic doctors in the last decade, illustrating the growing popularity of naturopathic medicine in the present health care landscape. Still, the growth of naturopathic medicine, and its potential relationship to vaccine hesitancy, is worrisome. Naturopathic doctors can be advocates for immunization to vaccine-hesitant individuals, but ambivalence toward vaccines within the profession remains a public health concern. Case presentation We report cases of pertussis in a family treated in a naturopathic primary care clinic, where naturopathic doctors served as vaccine advocates to a vaccine-hesitant family. Discussion Continued collaboration with public health programs and conventional clinicians is necessary to improve medical science training and vaccine advocacy in the field of naturopathic medicine. |
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