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Studies from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention add new findings in the area of vaccines
January 14th, 2009
New research, 'Development of vaccine risk communication messages using risk comparisons and mathematical modeling,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from the United States, "It is important to systematically assess the vaccine information needs of parents in order to maintain or improve childhood immunization coverage. Our objectives were to obtain suggestions for the optimal presentation of vaccine-related information and to determine if an educational intervention affected mothers' vaccine safety attitudes." "Focus groups were used to develop messages that then were tested through a randomized, pre-and post-test mail survey of non-Hispanic White...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-01-14)
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