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Calling the Shots - Why Parents Reject Vaccines (Paperback)
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Calling the Shots - Why Parents Reject Vaccines (Paperback)
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Winner, 2018 Donald W. Light Award for Applied Medical Sociology,
American Sociological Association Medical Sociology Section Winner,
2018 Distinguished Scholarship Award presented by the Pacific
Sociology Association Honorable Mention, 2017 ESS Mirra Komarovsky
Book Award presented by the Eastern Sociological Society
Outstanding Book Award for the Section on Altruism, Morality, and
Social Solidarity presented by the American Sociological
Association A rich, multi-faceted examination into the attitudes
and beliefs of parents who choose not to immunize their children
The measles outbreak at Disneyland in December 2014 spread to a
half-dozen U.S. states and sickened 147 people. It is just one
recent incident that the medical community blames on the nation's
falling vaccination rates. Still, many parents continue to claim
that the risks that vaccines pose to their children are far greater
than their benefits. Given the research and the unanimity of
opinion within the medical community, many ask how such parents-who
are most likely to be white, college educated, and with a family
income over $75,000-could hold such beliefs. For over a decade,
Jennifer Reich has been studying the phenomenon of vaccine refusal
from the perspectives of parents who distrust vaccines and the
corporations that make them, as well as the health care providers
and policy makers who see them as essential to ensuring community
health. Reich reveals how parents who opt out of vaccinations see
their decision: what they fear, what they hope to control, and what
they believe is in their child's best interest. Based on interviews
with parents who fully reject vaccines as well as those who believe
in "slow vax," or altering the number of and time between
vaccinations, the author provides a fascinating account of these
parents' points of view. Placing these stories in dialogue with
those of pediatricians who see the devastation that can be caused
by vaccine-preventable diseases and the policy makers who aim to
create healthy communities, Calling the Shots offers a unique
opportunity to understand the points of disagreement on what is
best for children, communities, and public health, and the ways in
which we can bridge these differences.
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