Public trust in the safety and efficacy of vaccines is one key to the remarkable success of immunization programs within the United States and globally. Allegations of harm from vaccination have raised parental, political, and clinical anxiety to a level that now threatens the ability of children to receive timely, full immunization. Multiple factors have contributed to current concerns, including the interdependent issues of an evolving communications environment and shortfalls in structure and resources that constrain research on immunization safety (immunization-safety science). Prompt attention by public health leadership to spreading concern about the safety of immunization is essential for protecting deserved public trust in immunization.
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Protecting Public Trust in Immunization
Louis Z. Cooper, MD;
Louis Z. Cooper, MD
aProfessor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
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Heidi J. Larson, PhD;
Heidi J. Larson, PhD
bInternational Development, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts
cHarvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Samuel L. Katz, MD
Samuel L. Katz, MD
dProfessor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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Address correspondence to Louis Z. Cooper, MD, 80 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023-5206. E-mail: loucooper@att.net
Pediatrics (2008) 122 (1): 149–153.
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April 21 2008
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Louis Z. Cooper, Heidi J. Larson, Samuel L. Katz; Protecting Public Trust in Immunization. Pediatrics July 2008; 122 (1): 149–153. 10.1542/peds.2008-0987
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