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Communication and miscommunication of risk: understanding UK parents' attitudes to combined MMR vaccination

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Bellaby, Paul·2003·BMJ

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In this article on the public perception of risks Paul Bellaby considers three examples of risks to children in the UK—an insignificant risk (autism caused by MMR vaccine), a real but probably small risk (vCJD from BSE), and a real and demonstrably larger risk (injuries from road crashes) and contrasts the perceptions of the risks by parents

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  1. Adams, 1998, A ‘Richter scale for risk’? Scientific management of uncertainty versus management of scientific uncertainty., Interdiscip Sci Rev, 23, 146, 10.1179/isr.1998.23.2.146 · DOI
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  3. Ramsay, 2002, Parental confidence in measles, mumps and rubella vaccine., Br J Gen Pract, 52, 912

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Authors
Bellaby, P.
Affiliations
University of Salford (GB)
Corresponding author
Bellaby, Paul
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2003-09-25
Volume
327
Issue
7417
Pages
725-728
ISSN
  • 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
  • 0959-8138
  • 1468-5833
OpenAlex
W1967126649
Cited by
96
References
26
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 3
FWCI
26.03
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • BMJ (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Salford Institutional Repository (University of Salford) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
  • Social Sciences › Health › Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Keywords
risk communication, risk perception, MMR vaccine, autism spectrum disorder, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, road traffic injuries, parental attitudes
MeSH terms
Accidents, Traffic, Adult, Attitude to Health, Child, Communication, Humans, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome, Parents, Perception, Physician-Patient Relations, Risk Factors, Risk Assessment, Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine

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