Vaccinations and Public Concern in History

Legend, Rumor, and Risk Perception

Andrea Kitta author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:22nd Dec '11

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Vaccinations and Public Concern in History cover

Vaccinations and Public Concern in History explores vernacular beliefs and practices that surround decisions not to vaccinate. Through the use of ethnographic, media, and narrative analyses, this book explores the vernacular explanatory models used in inoculation decision-making. The research on which the book draws was designed to help create public health education programs and promotional materials that respond to patients’ fears, understandings of risk, concerns, and doubts. Exploring the nature of inoculation distrust and miscommunication, Dr. Andrea Kitta identifies areas that require better public health communication and greater cultural sensitivity in the handling of inoculation programs.

‘Andrea Kitta’s book on public concerns about vaccination is timely and profoundly important. Her account of the nature and sources of public concerns over vaccination is remarkably fair and well informed. I recommend this book to parents concerned about vaccination decisions for their children, as well as health professionals who advise about and provide vaccinations. It should also be read by those who teach health professions students and all with an interest in the intersection of culture and health.’David Hufford, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine

ISBN: 9780415887038

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 440g

172 pages