From the Mouth of Babes: Getting Vaccinated Doesn’t Have to Hurt

Anna Taddio; Andrew F Ilersich; Anthony N Ilersich; Jenny Wells

doi:10.1155/2014/470261

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2014)

From the Mouth of Babes: Getting Vaccinated Doesn’t Have to Hurt

Anna Taddio,
Andrew F Ilersich,
Anthony N Ilersich,
Jenny Wells

Affiliations

Anna Taddio: Clinical, Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Andrew F Ilersich: Clinical, Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Anthony N Ilersich: Clinical, Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jenny Wells: AboutKidsHealth, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/470261
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 4
pp. 196 – 200

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Analgesic interventions are not commonly administered during childhood vaccination, despite the fact that two-thirds of children are afraid of needles and one-tenth are noncompliant with immunization.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjidmm/

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