Immunization administration and autism incidence

The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 11(1), 1-10. The article is essential to the agenda because it highlights some of the reasons as to why it is not likely that a vaccine could be the cause of autism. The article points out the manner in which one of the most crucial health measures available to the public in the 20th century is immunization. The development of vaccines is such as serious matter as pointed out by the author. The article highlights that the development of safe and successful vaccines occurs due to the combined effort of numerous agencies varying from nongovernmental, academic, to government agencies. , Hammond, J. & Ferrier, C. Administration of thimerosal-containing vaccines to infant rhesus macaques does not result in autism-like behavior or neuropathology.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(40), 12498-12503. The relevance of the article stems from the fact that it sheds more light on the impossibility of vaccines causing autism or autism-related behaviors. , Kopec, K. , Markel, A. , & Dempsey, A. F. A pilot study on the effects of individually tailored education for MMR vaccine-hesitant parents on MMR vaccination intention. Autism Occurrence by MMR Vaccine Status Among US Children with Older Siblings with and without Autism. JAMA. doi:10. 1001/jama. 3077 The article is particularly relevant to the need for state hospitals to insist on administering immunizations without getting consent from parents. , Dudley, M. Z. , Glanz, J. M. , & Omer, S. , Swerdfeger, A. L. , & Eslick, G. D. Vaccines are not associated with autism: an evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies.