Sarah Finney

Cris Longhurst
English 1010
01 October 2015

Annotated Bibliography
Edelman,

Marian

W. "Childwatch:

Vaccines

Save

Money

and

Protect

Children's

Health." Michigan Citizen Aug 19 1995. ProQuest.Web. 30 Oct. 2015.

Marian W. Edelman attended Spelman College and Yale Law School. She has won
several awards including the Alberts Schweitzer Humanitarian prize, the Heinz award,
and the Macarthur foundation prize. Edelman also worked with Dr. King in the past,
throughout the entire civil rights movement and later became the Founder of Childrens
Defense fund. Edelman has been fighting for rights of children for over 40 years.
The Michigan Citizen is a weekly newspaper, distributed in Detroit. The
newspaper was started in 1978 by Charles D. Kelly. Its primary focus is the AfricanAmerican community and progressive-minded community. The paper has a history of not
being afraid to speak its mind on controversial subjects.
Edelman addresses the issues of families not being able to vaccinate their children,
such as clinics only being open while parents are working, as well as the cost of vaccines.
She mentions the fact that the prices of vaccines have skyrocketed since the 1970s.
Edelman also thinks we need to make the importance of vaccines more known in the
community as well as making them more available to the public.

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Edelman definitely seems bias in her article, she uses firm language like
childhood diseases that disable and kill, which show a tone of slight anger at vaccines
not being more readily available to the common people. Edelman doesnt use any kind of
complicated medical terminology throughout the article, which I think reflects that her
article is directed more to a general audience rather than medical professionals. The
document design is very plain, there arent any additional headings or change in type.
There is only a single photo of the author herself.
I think this article is effective for my paper because it shows a very strong
position, as well as the point of view that vaccines arent available enough rather than
people not receiving them because of choice. This article will add more perspective to my
paper.
Ellis, Glenn. "Vaccines Save Lives, but some have Doubts." Philadelphia Tribune: 1. Aug

16

2011. ProQuest. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.

Glenn Ellis was enrolled in the pre-med program at the University of Pennsylvania
after graduating Ellis continued his studies at the Atlantic Academy of Classical
Homeopathy and the International College of Bio-Dynamics. Furthermore, he is currently
enrolled at the Institute of Bioethics at St. Josephs University. Ellis focuses on Ethics and
Equity in Health, and lectures all around the United States. Ellis serves on the
Institutional Review Board as well as the Ethics Committee of Mercy Health Systems,
Thomas Jefferson Health Systems, and Drexel University Medicine in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia Tribune was founded by Christopher James Perry in 1856. The
Philadelphia Tribune has been honored seven times for the John B. Russwurm award

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Best Newspaper in America. It is attributed as one of the oldest newspapers ever

founded in Philadelphia. In 2009, the newspaper celebrated its 125th Anniversary with a
series of events including a black tie gala.

Ellis writes how even though vaccines have eliminated many dangerous diseases,
some are starting to show concern of the potential negative effects. He mentions how
misinformation is being spread to parents across the globe. Parents show concern for their
children having so many vaccines in their bodies at once, or that vaccines cause
developmental issues. In this article Ellis goes in depth on how vaccines work and the
history of vaccines themselves.
Ellis has a lighthearted voice throughout the article and uses simple examples to
explain information to his audience. He maintains an unbiased tone on the issues, and
only wants to educate. Ellis does use a lot of medical terminology but makes sure to
explain anything that might confuse the general audience. The document design is very
plain, there arent any additional headings, change in type or photos.
I think this article will contribute well because it has a lot a factual information
without being biased on the issue at hand. It helped me to fully understand the history of
vaccinations as well as how vaccines work.

Glanz, Jason M., Courtney R. Kraus, and Matthew F. Daley. "Addressing Parental Vaccine
Concerns: Engagement, Balance, and Timing." Plos Biology 13.8 (2015): PsycINFO.
Web. 30 Oct. 2015.

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Jason M Glanz is an instructor at the University of Colorado in the Health Sciences

Center as well as an investigator at Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Glanz has a Masters
Degree in biostatistics and a PhD in epidemiology. Glanz currently conducts vaccine and
safety research and works on developing epidemiologic methods of evaluating vaccine
safety. In the end Glanz goal is to study acceptance for vaccines from parents with
younger children and hopes to increase immunization rates.
Plos is a peer reviewed journal that started in October of 2003 with its Plos
Biology section, following with Plos Medicine. Both of which quickly established Plos as
a credible journal with high quality research. All research articles are evaluated through
peer review and must be judged to be rigorous, ethical, and properly reported
Glanz addresses the issue that parents are concerned with their right to refuse
vaccination of their children and that on the other hand it is essential to public health to
keep the immunization rate high. Glanz suggest that we work with parents to give them
the proper education on vaccines, so parents can make informed decisions on their
childrens health.
Glanz keeps a very professional tone throughout the whole article, he uses a lot of
complicated terminology that can be hard to understand sometimes. You can tell as a
medical professional Glanz is more bias to the side that you should vaccinate your
children, however he is not judgmental towards those who are vaccine hesitant
however I think he does have a slightly annoyed voice to his paper. The document design
is very plain, there arent any additional headings or change in type.

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I believe using a peer reviewed article would help add to my papers credibility.
Glanzs article is also much blunter, and much more factual compared to my other
sources. It contains less opinion and more information.

Haynes, Charles C. "Vaccines, Science and the Limits of Freedom." Salinas Californian. 11 Feb.
2015: A.2. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.
Charles C. Hanyes is the director of the Religious Freedom Center of the
Newseum Institute as well as a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. Haynes has
a masters degree from Harvard Divinity School and a doctorate from Emory University.
He often writes articles and speaks on religious liberty and religion in America. Hanyes is
also the co-author of six books, including First Freedoms: A Documentary History of
First Amendment Rights in America and Religion in American Public Life. He is a board
member and founder of the Character Education Partnership and serves on the steering
committee of the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and the American Bar
Association Advisory Commission on Public Education. Hanyes also chairs on the
Committee on Religious Liberty of the National Council of Churches.
The Salinas Californian is a branch of the The Salinas Index first published in
1871. The Salinas Californian was Californias first newspaper ever to be published. In
2000 the newspaper launched its online edition.
Hanyes writes that the growing number of unvaccinated children, put the entire
public at risk. He believes that we should not get rid of religious exemptions or medical

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exemptions but no longer allow personal beliefs exemptions. Hanyes writes that although
we should protect our rights, childrens lives are at risk and that should come first. In the
end Hanyes says we can only fix this issue by proper education.
Haynes mostly neutral, semi-professional tone. He doesnt use much complicated
vocabulary but does cite several sources such as the Scientific American. He tends to
quote a lot from these articles he sources. The document design contains a photo of a
baby crying during a shot and a picture of the author, otherwise there is no additional
variations in the article.
I think having a religious point of view will help add to the open-mindedness of
my reach of my paper. This will help acknowledge several sides of the issue.