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Why people choose not to be vaccinated?
- David TuthillCardiff and Vale University Health Board
Key points
- Families visiting the hospital were asked why they had not chosen to vaccinate their children.
- Between 10 and 20% of families had chosen not to have their children vaccinated, and the majority of reasons were probably not supported by scientific facts.
- Concerns were often about something the family had been told or an internet concern, and many of the sites that informed them contained misinformation.
David Tuthill, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, discusses his work carried out in collaboration with Public Health Wales and The Children's Hospital for Wales to try and identify why families choose not to vaccinate their children. Dr Tuthill and his team found that most refusal to vaccination by families was not supported by scientific facts and mainly driven by media misinformation and worries about side effects. This interview took place at the RCPCH conference 2024 in Birmingham, UK.
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My name is David Tuthill. We did a project on why people choose not to be vaccinated, with Public Health Wales and the Children's Hospital for Wales. We asked families visiting the hospital why they didn't choose to get their children vaccinated. We know that we want 95% of people to be vaccinated, and we found some rates were often lower than that.
When we asked families why this was, it was often because the family worried that they've been told something, or an internet concern. And delving into that, a lot of the sites that informed families had got sort of misinformation. So overall somewhere between 10 and 20% of families have chosen not to have their children vaccinated for a variety of different vaccinations, and the majority of reasons were probably not supported by scientific facts.
So we wanted to support Public Health Wales and other bodies in reassuring families that vaccinations are safe and they help stop the spread of disease, and the best thing they can do for their child is get them fully vaccinated. Yes.
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David Tuthill. “Why people choose not to be vaccinated?.” The Paediatric Video Journal, 30 December 2024. https://paediatricvj.com/videos/why-people-choose-not-to-be-vaccinated-tuthill/
This interview is educational content intended for healthcare professionals and is not medical advice. Views expressed are those of the speaker. © The Paediatric Video Journal. All rights reserved.