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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1999;153:326-327.

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EVERY INTRODUCTION of a new infant vaccine has triggered controversy, and physicians have been slow to adopt recommendations for universal immunization administration. Physician reluctance may increase further as the number of immunizations grows. Already, we have another new Food and Drug Administration–approved vaccine for rotavirus that is recommended for universal use by the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, and an infant vaccine for pneumococcal disease is likely to be approved soon.

Each new vaccine is accompanied by a flurry of education, marketing, and research to determine how to increase physician and parental compliance with immunization recommendations. Understanding which physicians are early acceptors, which are late acceptors, and the reasons why may allow more effective educational campaigns to increase physician and parental understanding and acceptance of new vaccines.

Identifying physicians' concerns and their reasons for not adopting universal immunization policies may force groups such as the Advisory Council on Immunization Practices, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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