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The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS) has a great website that answers questions that may arise in professional practice as well as in the community.
Source: Australian Government, Department of Health
Many out there in the community are concerned about how the vaccines are being tested, why are covid-19 vaccines being developed quickly, how safety is assessed and whether they or their children, will be forced to have the vaccine. Even though information is available many minds need to be put at rest. For great reliable information Go to their COVID-19 frequently asked questions page.
You'll see also that there is a great deal of information on immunisation generally under the "for health professionals" tab. Fact sheets for all vaccines and vaccine safety as an example.
For further information on immunisation generally go to the Department of Health's site Immunisation facts site.
A recent article in the Journal of Community Health, Vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-refusung Parents' reflections of the way parenthood changed their attitudes to vaccination, examines how having children changed the attitudes of Australian parents towards childhood vaccination.
Journal of Community Health (2020) 45:63–72
Vaccine‑Hesitant and Vaccine‑Refusing Parents’ Refections on the Way
Parenthood Changed Their Attitudes to Vaccination
T.Rozbroj, A. Lyons, J. Lucke.
This research contributes towards understanding how having children affects the vaccine attitudes among vaccine-hesitant and vaccine-refusing parents. Greater support for parents with negative vaccination experiences may prevent hesitant attitudes.
The findings suggest that to increase parental trust in childhood vaccination, experiences and interpretation of adverse events after vaccination need to be addressed better. Improvements in communication between health care workers and parents following perceived adverse events, to better explain to parents what happened, why, and what impact it might or might not have on their child's long-term health, may alleviate downstream vaccine distrust. Developing resources to support health care workers in this may be helpful. Additional resources could also be considered, such as a telephone hotline for parents to discuss vaccine concerns with a health care worker.
In Australia, parents are expected to follow the National Immunisation Program. Vaccine-hesitant parents reported becoming concerned about the number and timing of childhood vaccines, and wanted to choose personalised schedules. Of great concern was why their newborn children required the hepatitis B vaccine. Parents understood hepatitis B as a bloodborne virus associated with injecting drug users and penetrative sex, and did not understand why their newborn needed to be vaccinated against it.
Better explanations and information about the timing of vaccinations on the Australian immunisation schedule, particularly of the hepatitis B vaccination, may help parents feel comfortable with adhering to the schedule. Explaining that administering multiple vaccines together has been shown to be safe, and that vaccines do not weaken natural immunity, might also alleviate parents' concerns.
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Congrats to MNCLHD staff who published the following articles.
Brown, A., R. Sutherland, L. Janssen, N. Hudson, A. Chooi, R. Reynolds, A. Walton, C. Lecathelinais, K. Reilly, N. Nathan and L. Wolfenden (2020). "Enhancing the potential effects of text messages delivered via an m-health intervention to improve packing of healthy school lunchboxes." Public health nutrition: 1-26.
Hoffmann, M., J. Pacey, J. Goodworth, A. Laszcyzk, R. Ford, B. Chick, S. Greenham and J. Westhuyzen (2019). "Analysis of a volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) single phase prostate template as a class solution." Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy 24(1): 92-96.
Islam, M. S., K. M. Rahman, Y. Sun, M. O. Qureshi, I. Abdi, A. A. Chughtai and H. Seale (2020). "Current knowledge of COVID-19 and infection prevention and control strategies in healthcare settings: A global analysis." Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 41(10): 1196-1206.
Jacob, J., W. Flannery and C. Mostert (2020). "Novel ENT triad of anosmia, ageusia and hearing impairment in COVID-19." Internal Medicine Journal 50(9): 1155.
John, S., J. Rowley and K. Bartlett (2020). "Assessing patient’s decision-making capacity in the hospital setting: A literature review." Aust J Rural Health 28(2): 141-148.
Kelly, A., S. J. Bartlett, M. P. de Wit, D. E. Beaton, T. Dawson, V. Evans, M. Gill, G. Hassett, L. March, M. Scholte-Voshaar, J. A. Singh, A. Tong, P. Tugwell, P. Wong and K. Tymms (2019). "Addressing Challenges in Developing a Core Domain Set in Adherence Interventions in Rheumatology: A Report from the OMERACT-Adherence Group." Journal of Rheumatology 46(9): 1202-1206.
Lwin, N. and A. Bannan (2020). "A retrospective observational study on enterococcal bacteraemia and endocarditis at a regional hospital in New South Wales, Australia." Infection, Disease and Health 25(4): 245-252.
Nowak, A. K., W. J. Lesterhuis, P. S. Kok, C. Brown, B. G. Hughes, D. J. Karikios, T. John, S. C. Kao, C. Leslie, A. M. Cook, N. Pavlakis, K. Briscoe, K. J. O'Byrne, C. S. Karapetis, W. S. Lam, A. Langford, S. Yip and M. R. Stockler (2020). "Durvalumab with first-line chemotherapy in previously untreated malignant pleural mesothelioma (DREAM): a multicentre, single-arm, phase 2 trial with a safety run-in." Lancet Oncology 21(9): 1213-1223.
Pak, A., O. A. Adegboye, A. I. Adekunle, K. M. Rahman, E. S. McBryde and D. P. Eisen (2020). "Economic Consequences of the COVID-19 Outbreak: the Need for Epidemic Preparedness." Frontiers in Public Health 8(241).
Pan, B., N. Aherne, T. Shakespeare, M. Grossmann and P. Wong (2020). "Bone health assessment by dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan in men commencing adjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer." Internal Medicine Journal 50 (SUPPL 2): 8.
Rashid, P. (2020). "Struggling trainee, underperformance and the role of the surgical supervisor." ANZ Journal of Surgery 90(6): 949.
Seale, H., C. E. F. Dyer, I. Abdi, K. M. Rahman, Y. Sun, M. O. Qureshi, A. Dowell-Day, J. Sward and M. S. Islam (2020). "Improving the impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions during COVID-19: examining the factors that influence engagement and the impact on individuals." BMC Infectious Diseases 20(1): 607.
Sutherland, M., G. Moloney, M. Norton, A. Bowling and I. Walker (2020). "Utilizing a Hospital-based Setting to Increase Organ Donor Registrations." Transplantation 104(6): 1210-1214.
Wong, D. J. N., S. Popham, A. M. Wilson, L. M. Barneto, H. A. Lindsay, L. Farmer, D. Saunders, S. Wallace, D. Campbell, P. S. Myles, S. K. Harris, and S. R. Moonesinghe…David Gillespie. 2019. 'Postoperative critical care and high-acuity care provision in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand', Br J Anaesth, 122: 460-69.
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