Reasons for vaccine declination in healthy individuals attending an international vaccine and travel clinic

Abstract

Little is known about the vaccine-related health behaviors of healthy individuals. We surveyed healthy individuals attending a vaccine center to define the reasons behind vaccine declination when the vaccine is warranted under current guidance. Declination due to perceived risks of the vaccines were by far the most common rationale, suggesting continued need for public health educational campaigns. DOI: 10.18297/rgh/vol2/iss1/2 Submitted Date: October 24, 2018 Accepted Date: December 14, 2018 https://ir.library.louisville.edu/rgh/vol2/iss1 Affiliations: 1Saint Louis University Center for Health Outcomes Research 2 University of Louisville, School of Medicine , Division of Infectious Diseases This original article is brought to you for free and open access by ThinkIR: The University of Louisville’s Institutional Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Journal of Refugee & Global Health by an authorized editor of ThinkIR. For more information, please contact thinkir@louisville.edu. Recommended Citation: Wiemken, Timothy L.; Ramirez, Julio A.; and Carrico, Ruth M. (2019) “Reasons for vaccine declination in healthy individuals attending an international vaccine and travel clinic,” Journal of Refugee & Global Health: Vol. 2 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. *Correspondence To: Timothy L Wiemken, PhD MPH CIC FAPIC Associate Professor Work Email: timothy.wiemken@health.slu.edu Original Research Copyright: © 2019 The author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.