Importance Of Immunization Epically Among Children

The vaccination of children is a common practice in the United States. It has helped prevent the spread of infectious diseases that has plagued our society since the dawn of time. Since the decline of those infectious diseases, the United States and other countries have gone to what is called “herd immunity,” which is a mandatory vaccination of a majority of children to protect the mass population from contracting those easily communicable diseases (Orenstein & Yang, 2015). However, as of late the numbers of unvaccinated children are going up. Why is this happening? Why are so many parents choosing not to vaccinate their children? To answer those questions one must look at the reason why childhood vaccinations are required and why people choose to have their children vaccinated. Many parents believe some vaccinations help build their children’s immune system, but for other parents vaccinations are looked at as a risk to their children’s health and well-being. Many studies have been conducted to compile information to quantify the need for mass vaccinations, but childhood vaccinations have become so common in today’s society, that it’s hard to find a large percentage of unvaccinated children to gather a significant amount of data from. This is because the groups of unvaccinated children are too small and wide spread to consistently provide relevant data. This has led to a very controversial debate between parents, medical professionals and government officials about

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate? Parents with infants and young children have been tussling with this proverbial question for several decades now. With the advent of the internet and the World Wide Web, parents have been bombarded with a plethora of information about pros and cons of vaccines from all kinds of sources, some creditable, and some are not. To the non-scientific community, these conflicting information can create problems in the decision making process; thus, forcing parents to make the wrong choices and putting their offspring and others at risk. However, this article will attempt to address the importance of vaccinations, how vaccines work, why we should vaccinate, and why parents should not be afraid to vaccinate their offspring.

Parents are bombarded with information when it comes to their children and their children’s health and it happens the moment they are born. One main question they face off the bat is whether to immunize or not. For children ages 0-18, the CDC recommends vaccinations against 16 diseases, many of which could result in devastating illnesses and even death. Several injections coupled with several possibilities of severe reactions, pain, irritation, itching, ect. But through extensive, heavily monitored research and effectiveness, and evidence-based science illustrating the improvements and protection of the community it is clear that their benefits outweigh their risks. This paper will outline why the decision to immunize is one less

Having a baby utterly changes the perspective of the parent. They no longer are self- involved, but now have this new life they brought into the world. Nothing else can give a person the same joy that being a parent can bring. A parent would do anything for their child to protect them and give them the best life imaginable. A parent would never wish an illness upon their child and would do everything in their power to prevent their child from getting sick. With having this outlook, why would parents knowingly choose to not vaccinate their children if it means it could protect them from unseen evils. Some children are not able to get vaccinated due to medical conditions and due to that they have a weak immune system that is incredibly vulnerable to infections. Everyday that these children go to school they are put at a prodigious risk for contacting a disease that could compromise their immune system and their lives. By implementing a vaccination requirement in all public schools we will be able to better protect our children. Vaccines are important for a number of reasons, three of which I will discuss. Getting your child immunized can save their life, immunizations help to protect our future generations, and lastly we all have a public health commitment to our community to protect each other and our children by staying current on our vaccinations.

Would you ever take away a prime defense from your child? Some parents are doing so without even knowing it. Per Glanz and Daley, “Last year 10 children died in California in the worst whooping cough outbreak to sweep the state since 1947.” (Daley, Glanz, N.p.) These are illnesses that are preventable with vaccinations. Childhood vaccinations are key for the protection of children, the people around them and the prevention of widespread disease.

As the U.S. attempted to manage this surge in immigrants, several public health concerns began to be raised. First, why were these children leaving their countries of origin and flocking to the United States? If the cause of this immigration crisis was due to increased violence, poor living conditions, or abandonment in their homeland, then what role does the United States play in protecting this vulnerable population? Second, does the current U.S. healthcare system have the ability to absorb this burden and provide the necessary medical care and resources for the multitude of unattended children? Lastly, how would this population influx affect the health status of current U.S. residents and would these foreign children bring with them unwanted infectious disease? As voices of dissent began to be raised claiming the public health risks brought by these undocumented foreign children, it

It is important that health care providers step in more aggressively to inform parents on the importance of getting their children vaccinated, and to follow the recommended schedule of getting them done. Positive results of getting your child vaccinated would be that the health care costs of treating these diseases would decrease, healthier children can lead to healthier seniors. In research done by Cohen, Ahmed, Klaassen, Agree, Louis, and Naumova, they studied to see the rates of children vaccinated against influenza(flu) and the rates at which seniors were getting the flu. There showed to be a positive connection with the higher rates of children vaccinated against the flu and low rates at which seniors were getting sick with the flu. Health care providers also need to focus on the parents that are refusing to vaccinate because they are

Often debated, with strong convictions on each side, timely immunizations for children do more good then harm. Over the last few years, a phenomenon has come to our door steps. It used to be that all parents would immunize their children, without fail, because doctors told them to. In the past, the only non-immunized children were the children with health deficiencies. These children depended on the “herd” mentality. However, times are changing and parents are choosing to not immunize their children mainly based on these reasons: the possibility of them getting autism, parental lack of education about immunizations and lastly they believe that the illnesses that children are being immunized against are gone and immunizations are no longer needed.

Can you imagine life without vaccine? In the reading "Not Being Vaccinated is not Acceptable" by David Ropeik argues that we should all get vaccinated because it’s necessary. Vaccinations are designed to help us go through our daily everyday life. A vaccine is a modern type of medicine that has been added to the world early on in life to prevent us all from diseases. It is called a modern medicine because of how many lives it has saved throughout the world. The earliest documented examples of vaccination are in the 17th century from India and China, people infected with smallpox were used to protect against the diseases. Vaccine have become better, to where they are safer for the human body. Vaccinations protect you and everyone around you, saves public money, protects future generations and it’s reliable.

“In 2011 alone, 1.5 million children died [worldwide] from diseases preventable by currently recommended vaccines” (“Immunization” 2). The magnitude of this tragedy is in part caused by the fact that some of those children simply weren’t reached by organizations like UNICEF, which aim to vaccinate children (“Immunization” 2). However, there are other reasons for the recent deaths and epidemics—such as the whooping cough epidemic of 2012, with 48,000 cases nationally in the United States—involving vaccine preventable diseases (McClay 1).

Oh yeah I really enjoyed your research paper. I think that it is important to vaccinate your children. I know that mine is all up to date on all of her shots. Now my sister in law on the other hand does not believe in vaccines for her daughter which is her choice and right as a parent and her mother. But I also know that the little girl is sick all the time and catches every little germ that is going around. And me I'm the mother that makes sure that mine even gets her flu shot every year hahaha. I want to end by saying thank you for your hard work. I learned some important information that I wasn't aware of until I read your

Vaccination rates in the United States have suffered declines in recent years due largely to parents' fears about possible effects on their children. This has led to a resurgence in children's diseases that had been suppressed through decades of high vaccination rates. Childhood immunizations are beneficial because they prevent the acquisition and spread of dangerous infectious diseases, they protect immunocompromised children that cannot otherwise be vaccinated (such as those with autoimmune issues), and the benefits far outweigh any perceived risks. In January 2015, the CDC reported an outbreak of measles in that was 99% preventable, and which continues to spread.

Immunization for school age children is an integral aspect of early healthcare and is a reliable method of developing resistance to specific, potentially life threatening diseases. Immunization, which is also known as vaccination, is crucial as it not only protects the immunized individual but also the surrounding community members (Grace, 2006). When a child is not vaccinated, there is an increased risk to develop symptoms of a particular disease, which can result in an unfortunate and preventable death. Additionally, while infected, the child can expose others to risk, be they friends, strangers, or family members. When successfully vaccinated, children are more capable of resisting a disease, preventing the initial infection. Additionally, even when an infection does occur, the immunized child’s experience is less serious, the infection lasting for less time as the body mounts a prepared and successful defense, reducing the infection’s ability to effectively reproduce and spread to others.

As I was reading your post, I recall reading something about free immunization program for children. During my research, I found this information. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2014), there is a federal funded program call Vaccines for Children (VFC). It was established due to thousands of death from the measles epidemic during 1989-1991. Funding for the VFC program is approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) while CDC and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allocate resources to state health departments and certain local and territorial public health agencies who convey them at no charge to private doctors' offices and public health clinics registered as VFC providers. While

In contrast, a positive aspect of many people having vaccinations is herd immunity. Herd immunity is the occurrence where a large proportion of a specific population is vaccinated to provide them immunity, and as a result, it also gives some protection to the people of the population who have and yet developed immunity. This happens as the a large group of vaccinated individuals are protected from a virus and creates difficulty for the it to spread because there is only a small percentage of the population left that could be infected by the disease. It is a very crucial aspect of immunity for the community as the people who cannot receive vaccinations (i.e. people with weak immune systems, very young children and patients who are too ill)