tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
Public Health. 2014 Aug 14. pii: S0033-3506(14)00164-4. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.06.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Science and society: vaccines and public health.
Fine P.
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Abstract
Most public health research is devoted to the measurement of disease burdens and of the costs and effectiveness of control measures. The history of immunization provides many colourful examples of various ways in which such measurements are made, of how they have influenced policies, and of the importance of public perception of the magnitudes of the various burdens, benefits and risks. Improving the public's ability to evaluate evidence is itself an important aspect of public health.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Immunization; Measurement; Media; Perception; Smallpox; Swine influenza; Typhoid; Vaccination; Variolation
PMID:
25132389
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25132389
Science and society: vaccines and public health.
Fine P.
Author information
Abstract
Most public health research is devoted to the measurement of disease burdens and of the costs and effectiveness of control measures. The history of immunization provides many colourful examples of various ways in which such measurements are made, of how they have influenced policies, and of the importance of public perception of the magnitudes of the various burdens, benefits and risks. Improving the public's ability to evaluate evidence is itself an important aspect of public health.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Immunization; Measurement; Media; Perception; Smallpox; Swine influenza; Typhoid; Vaccination; Variolation
PMID:
25132389
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25132389