Immunization safety in US print media, 1995-2005

Hamidah Hussain; Saad B. Omer; Jennifer A. Manganello; Elizabeth Edsall Kromm; Terrell C. Carter; Lilly Kan; Shannon Stokley; Neal A. Halsey; Daniel A. Salmon

doi:10.1542/peds.2010-1722O

Immunization safety in US print media, 1995-2005

Hamidah Hussain, Saad B. Omer, Jennifer A. Manganello, Elizabeth Edsall Kromm, Terrell C. Carter, Lilly Kan, Shannon Stokley, Neal A. Halsey, Daniel A. Salmon

Bloomberg School of Public Health

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify and describe vaccine safety in US newspaper articles. METHODS: Articles (1147) from 44 states and Washington, DC, between January 1, 1995, and July 15, 2005, were identified by using the search terms "immunize or vaccine" and "adverse events or safety or exemption or danger or risk or damage or injury or side effect" and were coded by using a standardized data-collection instrument. RESULTS: The mean number of vaccine-safety articles per state was 26. Six (not mutually exclusive) topics were identified: vaccine-safety concerns (46%); vaccine policy (44%); vaccines are safe (20%); immunizations are required (10%); immunizations are not required (8%); and state/school exemption (8%). Three spikes in the number of newspaper articles about vaccine-safety issues were observed: in 1999 regarding rotavirus vaccine and in 2002 and 2003 regarding smallpox vaccine. Excluding articles that referred to rotavirus and smallpox vaccines, 37% of the articles had a negative take-home message. CONCLUSION: Ongoing monitoring of news on vaccine safety may help the content and framing of vaccine-safety messages.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S100-S106
Journal	Pediatrics
Volume	127
Issue number	SUPPL. 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-1722O
State	Published - May 2011

Keywords

Adverse effects
Content analysis
Mandatory programs
Newspaper
Safety
Vaccine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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