Is the cultural context of MMR rejection a key to an effective public health discourse?
Public HealthPublished 8 July 2006
Jackie Cassell, Melissa Leach, Mike Poltorak, Catherine H Mercer, A. Iversen, James Fairhead
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These findings have paradoxical and challenging consequences for the promotion of immunization in the policy context of increasing emphasis on healthy choices and demonstrate the need for immunization information that acknowledges and addresses lay concepts of immunity.
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These findings have paradoxical and challenging consequences for the promotion of immunization in the policy context of increasing emphasis on healthy choices. They demonstrate the need for immunization information that acknowledges and addresses lay concepts of immunity.
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