Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 30 Mar. 2016.

Web. 07 Apr. 2016.

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
The Centers for Disease Control, the leading national public health institute of the United States
run this website with information on vaccines. The purpose of this website is to cover a wide range of
information on vaccines. The website offers a normal vaccine schedule for children and adults to follow.
The website has a FAQ section that covers many common questions and concerns people have. The
website list all available vaccines, information about them, including their ingredients, how theyre made
and shortages. Current state and federal laws and guidelines are listed on this website for school-age
children, health workers and patients in health facilities.
This website is ran by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This is a very credible
source with cited sources. This website serves a wide-range audience from every age group and is made
to inform the public about vaccinations.
This information will be useful to my paper because it has a lot of information on vaccines that is
credible and current. I plan to use the statistics and information on this website to support that all able
people should vaccinate according to the CDC's guidelines.
Dayton Children's Hospital. "Vaccine Safety: No Debate Needed." Vaccine Safety: No Debate Needed.
Dayton Daily News, 28 Sept. 2015. Web. 05 Apr. 2016.
http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/lifestyles/no-debate-needed-over-vaccinesafety/nnnxq/
This newspaper article written by Dayton Children's Hospital, a well accredited pediatric hospital,
on September 28, 2015 Vaccine Safety: No Debate Needed for Dayton Daily News talks about the

importance of children receiving vaccines on a regular vaccine schedule. This new article speaks about
how vaccines do not cause autism and why you shouldnt space out vaccinations. It states the CDC's
current vaccine schedule is the best schedule for preventing diseases. It tells how the autism myth came
about, how 20 years of studies and millions of case studies disprove this myth. It states the reason the
myth still exists is because the age of autism signs correlate with the age of vaccine. This article states
vaccine delay is dangerous because many vaccine-preventable diseases occur before the child turns 2.
This article was written to inform the community to keep the normal schedule for vaccines and
they are safe. This article was written around the time of presidential debates and vaccinations were
brought up during that time. I think this article is trying to make sure the public is informed about vaccine
safety.
This article can be used for my paper because it discusses how autism and vaccines are unrelated
and reasons you shouldnt change the vaccination schedule. It will help to support my theory that keeping
a normal vaccine schedule will prevent disease outbreaks.
Healy, Melissa. "Vaccination aversion has fueled measles and whooping cough outbreaks, study finds."
Los Angeles Times (CA) 16 Mar. 2016: Points of View Reference Center. Web. 7 Apr. 2016.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-measles-pertussis-unvaccinated-20160315story.html
Melissa Healy, a health and science reporter for the LA times for the last 30 years, wrote the
article on March 15, 2016 Vaccination aversion has fueled measles and whooping cough outbreaks,
study finds for the Los Angeles Times. Healy writes about how parents not vaccinating themselves and
children is causing an increase in nearly-eradicated diseases. It also discusses how the DTap vaccine may
not be protecting those vaccinated. The article covers how those being vaccinated protect the people who
are unable to be vaccinated, and protects against outbreaks in the disease. This article states that non-

medical reasons for not receiving the pertussis vaccine accounted for a large part of the people that
contracted pertussis. Pediatrician Dr. Matthew M. Davis states that there is a correlation between low
levels of vaccination and immunity to vaccinations are problems that needs to be addressed if the country
is to be properly protected against diseases.
This article is written to inform people everywhere about the risks of not vaccinating against
measles, pertussis and other preventable diseases. This article is written with documented sources and the
reports covered in this article were performed by epidemiologists. The article was updated as new
information became available to stay current.
I will be able to this information in this article to support the theory that vaccine refusal or
aversion poses a risk to individuals and others around them. This article has supporting information that
many people that contracted the diseases were able to get vaccinated but chose not to for non-medical
reasons. This article will be good for my paper because it shows the results of vaccine refusal or aversion.

Hendrix, Kristin S., et al. "Ethics and Childhood Vaccination Policy in the United States." American
Journal of Public Health 106.2 (2016): 273. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 7
Apr. 2016.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/858404
Dr. Kristin Hendrix, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of
Medicine, wrote the scholarly article "Ethics and Childhood Vaccination Policy in the United State" for
the American Journal of Medicine on December 21, 2015. The article discusses how parental ethics are
involved in children receiving vaccines and focuses mainly on parents that refuse vaccines.

This article discusses how recent studies have found that under immunization have contributed to
outbreaks in the developed world and how legislation want to end to non-medical exemptions. It
discusses how some parents may exhibit pro-vaccine behavior but still feel hesitant about giving the
vaccines. It discusses that other barriers to vaccines include transportation, financial difficulties and
feeling of invulnerability to the diseases. It discusses how herd immunity is being affected by a decrease
in vaccines. It states many parents refuse vaccine due to false information or not understanding the
information given. It discusses how California recently had an outbreak in measles due to a decrease in
herd immunity. It talks about how changing mandated vaccine and the process of exemptions can help
with more people receiving vaccines. It states that some believe that the government should have the
ethical responsibility to monitor vaccines. The articles states that while parents should be a part of the
decision making for vaccines, they need to consider their social responsibility. The article states that it's
important to incorporate everyone into making new policies while it may prove difficult to satisfy
everyone. It discusses various reasons families chose not vaccinate and that some bioethicists believe
these families should be held responsible. The article offers statistics of pediatricians that have let families
go for not vaccinating but suggests they should take this as an opportunity to educate the families. The
articles covers 3 approaches to be better communication as participatory, presumptive and guiding
approaches. The article offers ways we can change our current policies including better educating parents,
re-evaluating the exemption process and giving parents real life scenarios of risks to their children.
The information in this article is written by a credible woman with many documented cites and written for
the American medical journal that is well respected and credible.
I will use this information in this article to argue that the current vaccine policies are ineffective
and offers some of the suggested ways listed in the article that we can make changes to decrease nonmedical exemptions. I will use the information to argue the importance of educating parents in the
vaccine decision making process.

Knopf, Alison. "MMR vs. Autism: A False Choice." Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior
Letter 31. (2015): 1. Publisher Provided Full Text Searching File. Web. 7 Apr. 2016
http://www.childadolescentbehavior.com/Feature-Detail/mmr-vs-autism-a-false-choice.aspx

Alison Knopf, an editor and member of the associate of health care journalists, wrote the article
MMR Vs. Autism: A False Choice for The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior letter on
April 20, 2015 about how MMR vaccines don't cause Autism. She writes about how there a decrease in
MMR vaccinations because of the physician Andrew Wakefield is claiming a link between autism and the
MMR vaccine over a decade ago. She proclaims that measles is preventable while autism currently is not.
She encourages readers to vaccine their children. She also writes about how the group Autism speaks in
recent times have encouraged their members to vaccinate with the MMR. She proclaims that people
shouldn't have to be afraid of taking their children places for fear of catching the measles, which is a
preventable disease.
This article was written to inform parents of the risks of not being vaccinated against measles and
to write about how autism and vaccines are unrelated. I think this article is written as a warning to parents
to vaccine to prevent future outbreaks in the community. This article is a credible academic medical
journal with documented sources. The Brown University Child & Adolescent Behavior Letter is a
reputable website that uses researchers, clinicians, and medical writers to current articles.
This article can be used as a credible source to support that autism is not caused by the MMR
vaccine. This article can be used to support that an Autism group supports the MMR vaccine and
encourages its members to vaccinate. This article supports that when people stop vaccinating against
measles that will have outbreaks of the disease.

Oshima Lee, Emily, Lindsay Rosenthal, and Gabriel Scheffler. "The Effect of Childhood Vaccine
Exemptions on Disease Outbreaks." The Effect of Childhood Vaccine Exemptions on Disease
Outbreaks. Center for American Progress, 14 Nov. 2013. Web. 08 Apr. 2016.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/report/2013/11/14/76471/the-effect-ofchildhood-vaccine-exemptions-on-disease-outbreaks/
Emily Oshima Lee, a Policy Analyst with the Health Policy team at the Center for American
Progress, Lindsay Rosenthal, a research assistant for Womens Health and Rights and Health Policy at the
Center and Gabriel Scheffler, a Ford Foundation fellow with the Health Policy team at the Center wrote
The Effect of Childhood Vaccine Exemptions on Disease Outbreaks on November 14, 2013 for the
Center for American Progress.
This article is written about how non-medical vaccine exemptions are effecting the United States
and causing outbreaks of disease. This article is focused on the statistics of non-medical exemptions in
each state. It discusses how person non-medical exemptions are increasing. This article discusses how
unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children are causing outbreaks of preventable diseases. It discusses
how many states are very lenient on vaccine exemptions or not following state protocols. The article
attributes disease incidence, vaccine-induced health effects, and the way that states have constructed their
exemptions. The article suggests ways to help improve state and federal laws to decrease personal
exemptions including eliminating personal-belief exemptions and redesigning exemption application
procedures.
The writers are trying to inform the public of the dangers of non-medical exemptions on the
health of the public. I think the intended audience is the general public and medical professionals. I think
the purpose of this article is to educate how non-medical exemptions are an increasing problem. I think
this article was written because of the increase in non-medical exemptions and the urgency needed to fix
the problem. This information in this article is properly cited and published by a credible organization.

I will use this information in this article to further argue that laws need to be improved for
vaccinations. This article provides a lot of numbers and statistics that I will be able to use in my paper to
show an increase in the rise of non-medical exemptions.
"Vaccines-Calling the Shots." VaccinesCalling the Shots. PBS. 10 Sept. 2014. PBS. Web. 03 Apr. 2016.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/vaccines-calling-shots.html
This documentary program Vaccines Calling the Shots featured on Nova on the PBS website
is written and directed by Sonya Pemberton, a news and documentary Emmy award for outstanding
science and technology programming winner, was originally aired on September 10, 2014. This
documentary covers the risks of those not vaccinating, skipping or changing schedules. It states how
many diseases are making a come-back due to hesitant parents. It has several doctors speaking about the
importance of vaccinating and the risks of not vaccinating. It covers the stories of children that come
down with preventable diseases and how it has effected them. This documentary also includes parents that
are using unusual schedules or refusing vaccines.
This documentary is made for the general public and broadcast on a free station to reach as many
viewers as possible. I think this documentary was produced to encourage people to vaccine during a time
where vaccine aversion is on the rise. This documentary has listed cites and I feel is a credible source of
information.
I think this documentary will be good information for my article because I will be able to use the
information about how the parents in the film that are uneducated on vaccines have vaccine aversion or
try to change the vaccine schedule.