Iris Soto

Bibliography
Scholarly article
URL: http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/vaccinedebate
The Vaccine Debate. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2015, from
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/vaccine-debate.
1. Relevancy
This article relates to my topic of vaccinating children because in the article, Dr.
Salmon talks about the risk that poses for the community if children that are not
vaccinated. Also, he talks about vaccination of mmr vaccine does not cause autism.
2. Accuracy
I believe that Dr. Salmon is not bias in this peer-reviewed study because he is
collecting information from a series of questions he asks the parents of the
vaccinated or unvaccinated children. He answers questions about the myths and
perceptions of vaccinations to further inform the community about the safety and
importance of vaccinations and the risks of not vaccinating children.
3. Currency
There was no date given on the article but I still feel that the information is current
and extremely useful for my topic of vaccinations. The article clarifies the stigma of
vaccinations being bad for children because of the ingredients. He talks about the
amount of ingredients in the vaccine, which is very little.
4. Authority
Dr. Salmon, a Ph.D. and the deputy director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Dr. Salmon is
affiliated with the International Health Division: Global Disease Epidemiology and
Control and Health, Behavior and Society.
5. Purpose
This purpose of this article is to inform and educate parents of young children the
crucially of vaccinating young children and staying up to date on vaccinations. He
uses facts on a study that was not properly conducted, on MMR vaccine that was
linked to autism. He concluded that the British doctor conducted his study on
observation and not scientific study.
6. Rating
I would rate this article a 3 because it did not have an author or date. There is still
very informative information for my topic of vaccination of children because Dr.
Salmon speaks about the consequences of children not getting vaccinations.
Additionally, he clarifies the stigma of the MMR vaccine and autism.

This scholarly article that I chose to use for my vaccination topic is talks about
clarifies some misconception about vaccines, such as the MMR vaccine that was
once thought to cause autism. Also, it provides statistics on the chances of
unvaccinated children contracting a preventable disease and the possibility of
spreading it to other children. Furthermore, it talks about the children that are
exempt from being vaccinated, such as a child who has had an organ transplant,
has HIV, or for some other reason has a compromised immune system. I will use this
source for my topic because the statistics of unvaccinated childrens rick of
contracting a preventable disease support my topic. Additionally, I will use the facts
about the MMR vaccine to clarify the misconception that is causes autism.
URL: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=485738
Are Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns Associated with Receipt of Measles-MumpsRubella, Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids with A cellular Pertussis, or Hepatitis B
Vaccines by Children? (2004). JAMA Pediatrics. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=485738
1. Relevancy
I chose this article for my topic of vaccination because it supports my topic by
identifying parental perceptions regarding vaccine safety and assess their
relationship with the immunization status of children.
2. Accuracy
I choose this article for my topic of vaccination because there is no bias. It is
a case controlled study about the importance of vaccines. It surveyed many
parents of different races and ethnicities of young children, asked questions
and collected the data. It demonstrated that even the parents that thought
that vaccines were important they did not keep up-to-date or vaccinated their
children.
3. Currency
The scholarly article I choose is a 10 years out of date for my topic but I still is
important for my topic of vaccinations. The article is still relevant because it
shows that society is still uninformed about vaccinations and still believe that
they are harmful to children, which is extremely rare.
4. Authority
This case study article the authors, Barbara Bardenheier is a MPH and MA,
Hussain Yusuf a MBBS and MPH are from the Divisions of Immunization
Services; Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MPH is from Epidemiology and
Surveillance; Deborah Gust a PhD and Lawrence Barker a PhD are from
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, Ga., and Lance Rodewald is an MD and MPH.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this article that I chose for my topic of vaccinations was to
conclude if the importance of vaccination between the unvaccinated
childrens parents and vaccinated childrens parents. It was concluded that
there was no difference between these two viewpoints. Both sides understood
the gravity of the importance of vaccinating children even though they did or
did not vaccinated their children.

6. Rating
I rate this article for my topic vaccinations a 4 because it provides valuable
information about the awareness of the importance of vaccinating young
children. Furthermore, it provides statistics on the amount of parents that
decide not to have their children vaccinated because of illness or fear of
adverse effects.
This scholarly study article evaluates parental attitudes about vaccine safety
and their potential relationship with the receipt of vaccines by children.
Because of the publicity about assumed adverse events associated with the
vaccines, measles-containing vaccine (MCV) or MMR, DTP or the diphtheria
and tetanus toxoids with a cellular pertussis (DTaP) vaccine, and hepatitis B
vaccine were chosen for this analysis. This study relates to my topic because
it speaks about the vaccines that are controversial such as the MMR and the
DTaP that parents are hesitant to give their child. I will use this information to
support my point that parents are not fully aware of the safety and need to
be better informed.
Websites
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/resdev/test-approve.htm
Vaccine Testing and the Approval Process. (2015, January 6). Retrieved February 17,
2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/
1. Relevance
I chose this article for my vaccination topics because it related to my topic
because it informs of what you would like to know about vaccines. It
demonstrates the vaccine testing and approving process, ingredients in any
vaccine of your choice, additionally it has a basic and common questions
answered.
2. Accuracy
It do not believe that it has any bias in this free of error website. It is mostly
informative information such as dates to vaccinate children to
recommendations and guidance. For instance, the government website
informs you why it is important to vaccinate and to keep immunizing children
until the diseases becomes eradicated. In addition, this website has links to
similar government websites.
3. Currency
This website source in up to date for my vaccination topic. The last updated
date was 2014 which makes the relevancy more accurate for my topic. It has
current topics such as Ebola and measles outbreak.
4. Authority
This website is governmentally owned with specialized doctors in every field
that it provides. All of the doctors and nurses work for the central disease
control and are trained for this specific area that they work in.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this website is to protect America from health, safety and
security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. it also increases the health

security of our nation and saves lives and protects people from health threats
by conducts critical science and provides health information that protects the
nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when
these arise.
6. Rate
I rate this websites quality of source for my topic because it is up to date with
the information it provides about vaccines and it is reliable because of the
authority of the doctors. . Additionally, it gives resources to further conduct
research if needed.
This website describe vaccine development and testing such as basic
research, clinical studies, side effects and adverse reactions, vaccines of the
future, and the vaccine product approval process, or any other question
regarding vaccination. I website relates to my topic because it informs about
the side effects of any vaccine. I will use this article to inform about the side
effects of the MMR vaccine and the probability of adverse effects.
URL: http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Rubella.aspx
Rubella - National Vaccine Information Center. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2015,
from http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Rubella.aspx
1. Relevance
I picked this website for my topic vaccines because it informs me about
anything I need to know about my topic. The website informs be about
symptoms and ingredients about the Rubella vaccine in additions to others.
Moreover, the website gives me quick facts about rubella or vaccine of my
choice. This website supports my topic because it gives me current hard facts
about vaccines and where to report adverse effects.
2. Accuracy
I do not detect any bias because it informs me about proven fact that have
been repeatedly tested making it a very reliable and supported website. The
data from my website comes from tests conducted by their qualified doctors
and research analytic specialist.
3. Currency
This website is current as of 2014. I believe that this website effects
relevancy of my topic of vaccines because it is less than five years old.
Additionally, this website had a current new which provides any current news
article that have to do with vaccines such as an article speaking about the
ineffective influenza vaccine for 2014-2015. It gives further information
supported by statistics.
4. Authority
This website is a good source for my topic because the information provided
is supported by certified doctors such as Vicky Debold a Ph.D., RN, and
Director of Research and Patient Safety and Steven M. Rubin, Ph.D. and a
Volunteer Director of Vaccine Research Analytics.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this article is dedicated to the prevention of vaccine injuries
and deaths through public education and to defending the informed consent

ethic in medicine. Moreover, this website works to protect the freedom for
citizens to exercise the human right to voluntary, informed consent to any
medical intervention or use of pharmaceutical product
6. Rate
I rate this website a 5. It is an excellent source for my topic of vaccinations
because it informs me of facts on the positive and adverse effects that
vaccines can have in children. Furthermore, it informs me about current
events related to vaccines. Lastly, it gives me a way to contact the website
via telephone, email, and mail.
The National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) is committed to the
prevention of vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and to
defending the informed consent ethic in medicine. NVIC provides assistance
to those who have suffered vaccine reactions; promotes and funds research
to evaluate vaccine safety and effectiveness, as well as to identify factors
which place individuals at high risk for suffering vaccine reactions; and
monitors vaccine research, development, regulation, policy-making and
legislation. This website relates to my topic because it speaks about the MMR
vaccine. I will use this website to inform about the use of the MMR vaccine
and talk about the ingredients in the vaccine to further support my topic of
the importance of getting children vaccinations to prevent and maybe
eradicate diseases and become a safer country for the next generations.
BOOK:

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Sears, R. (2007). The vaccine book: Making the right decision for your child
(pp. 35-60). New York: Little, Brown.
Relevance
This is relevant for my topic of vaccination because it offers readers a fair,
impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr.
Bob. This book offers a disease/vaccine pair and offers a comprehensive
discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or
harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible side effects
from the vaccine.
Accuracy
I do detect much bias because it informs the reader about the vaccines safety
followed by the rare adverse effects that can occur but in known to be an
anti-vaccine doctor. The book informs of all possibilities of vaccinations, such
as what can occur of vaccinating or not. It is an informative book that gives
the reader a choice to choose what he or she decides to do but informs about
both sides of the vaccinations argument.
Currency
This book is pretty recent for my topics but not as recent as I would have
liked. This book was published in 2011 but there is new diseases to be
concerned about that are not in the book, such as the measles outbreak in
California or Ebola.
Authority

The author of the book I choose for my topic of vaccines is Dr. Robert sears.
Dr. Sears is a well-known American pediatrician and the son of Dr. Bill sears.
He has co-authoring several books, adding content to the family website, and
making myriad TV appearances to offer his sage advice.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this book is to inform and persuade about vaccines and gives
and alternative schedule for parents that do not want to vaccinate their
children early as required. The books speaks about the positive and negative
effects that arise and things that can be done to prevent diseases if you
choose not to vaccinate.
6. Rate
I overall rate this book a 3 because it is a little bias, but her does give
valuable information including statistics and consequences of choosing to
vaccinate or not vaccinate.
The Vaccine Book is a fair, impartial, fact-based resource that parents can
turn to for answers. Each chapter is committed to a disease and vaccine pair
and offer a comprehensive discussion of what the disease is, how common or
rare it is, how serious or harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and
any possible side effects from the vaccine. This book relates to my topic of
vaccines because it informs readers about all vaccines. I will use this book as
a source to support my topic because it provides information about the
frequency of the measles, mumps, and rubella disease is.
SOCIAL MEDIA
URL: https://twitter.com/nationwidekids
Nationwidekids (2013, June 21). HPV vaccine shows dramatic success in teens.
1. Relevance
I chose this tweet for my topic of vaccines because the tweet give me a link
that informs me about the HPV vaccine that can help prevent cervical cancer
and other diseases. It gives information about the vaccine and the positives
that it can do.
2. Accuracy
It is not bias because it gives information, statistics, and information that can
help make the decision to receive that vaccine or not. The author does not
support one end more than the other end on the vaccine debate.
3. Currency
I choose this tweet with a link to a website for my topic because it is current
as of 2014 and makes it more valuable because it supports my topics with
statistics and new information added recently.
4. Authority
This tweet link is of authority because the facts on the website are from The
Journal of infectious disease and Center of Disease control. All the facts are
backed up with professional studied evidence, which are extremely
creditable.
5. Purpose

The purpose of the tweet link is to inform the community about the success
of the HPV vaccine that has cut HPV strains in half. The tweet link is filled with
statistics from the Central of disease control about the HPV virus.
6. Rate
I rate this article a 4 because it give statistics and information of HPV, such as
statistics that 80% of sexually active Americans have or have had HPV in
their life at least once.
This social media link is about the HPV disease. The link shows the statistics
of teenagers getting vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. It has shown a
dramatic awareness of the HPV disease by teenager and reduction if the
cervical cancer caused by HPV. This article relates to my topic of vaccination
because it show that being aware and well informed of a disease can
encourage more people to take action and prevent it by vaccination.
URL: http://www.webmd.com/vaccines/features/why-adults-need-vaccines
Feature, P. (n.d.). 12 Reasons Why Adults Need Vaccinations. Retrieved March 1,
2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vaccines/features/why-adults-need-vaccines
1. Relevance
I chose this article for my topic of vaccines because it includes 12 important
reasons with detailed information on why adult need to be vaccinated as
much as children.
2. Accuracy
I do not detect bias in my article because it gives facts on reasons why adults
still need to keep up with vaccines.
3. Currency
This article does not have a specific date but does state that all articles on
the WebMD site are no longer than 2 years old. I chose this article for my
topic of vaccinations because I believe that this article is very current and
useful because it speaks about current reasons that adults need to get
vaccinated, such as new vaccines that are available now that were not
before.
4. Authority
I chose this article for my vaccination topic because my article was published
on the WebMD website. This website has a Medical Team that works closely
with over 100 nationwide doctors and health experts across a broad range of
specialty areas to ensure WebMD's content is up to date, accurate, and helps
you live a healthier life. This site has won many awards going back to 2002,
and have received awards as recent as 2013.
5. Purpose
The purpose for this article is to inform and persuade society of the
importance of adults getting vaccinated listing 12 important reasons why
adults need to be up to date with vaccines by providing information and inn a
way scaring society by providing statistics.
6. Rate

I would rate this article a 6 for my topic of vaccination because it states scary
statistics of the reality of vaccinations and the deadly diseases it can prevent
if taken proper and on schedule, otherwise it can make an adult more
susceptible
This article is about the importance for adult to get vaccinated. The article list 12
reasons on how getting vaccinated can optimize health. This article related to my
topic of vaccinations because it list important reasons why and adult, just like
children, need vaccinations as much as children do. I can use this source to support
my topic because it gives detailed information on why. It states that some vaccines
are not available to children but are for adults and that it is important to be
vaccinated if the person travels to another country because certain diseases have
different probability to be contracted in different countries.
URL:
http://www.pkids.org/immunizations/vaccines_safe_choice/consequences_not_vaccin
ating.html
What Happens When We Don't Vaccinate? (2014, January 3). Retrieved March 1,
2015, from http://www.pkids.org/immunizations/vaccines_safe
1. Relevance
This article relates to my topic of vaccinations because it reports that
statistics of the death by disease of unvaccinated children and adults, and
furthermore gives statistics of the lives that vaccines save by being
vaccinated on a timely manner.
2. Accuracy
I believe that there is no bias in this article because it is filled with statistics
on vaccines. It informs you on a statistic of the percent of Americans people
that are not vaccinated, and facts on eradicated disease, such as polio.
3. Currency
I chose this article for my topic of vaccination because it is current as of
2013. It provides recent news on vaccines and new vaccines being created
and tested, such as the Ebola disease, in an attempt to eradicate serious
diseases. Being that this article is up to date make it more valuable for my
information for my topic.
4. Authority
I chose this article for my topic vaccines because the facts provided are
backed up by experiences and qualified doctors, such as Jane Ellen Aronson.
She is a 29 year of experience as a pediatric specialist that cares for infants,
children, and adolescents who is qualified in surgery specifically for infants
and children.
5. Purpose
The purpose for this article is to inform the parents of the importance of
vaccines by providing statistics the positive outcomes that have come from
vaccinations. Furthermore, it provides statistics of the death rate due to
diseases before vaccines were available.
6. Rate

I rate this informative article a 6 because it gives up to date statistics and

provides the reader with information on the disease, vaccine for that disease,
and the effects of not getting vaccinated.
I chose this article for my topic of vaccinations because it speaks about the
consequences that come from by not getting vaccinated for polio, rubella,
measles, and pertussis. It give facts on the lives that vaccinations have saved
and the lives lost before vaccinations were available. This article is relevant
to my topic because it informs about the possibilities that arise by not
vaccinating or delaying vaccination and supports my topic of vaccinations by
giving statistics of the lives that have been saved and of the recorded
adverse effects that it rarely caused by the vaccines.

URL: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=486191
Economic Evaluation of the 7-Vaccine Routine Childhood Immunization Schedule in
the United States, 2001. (2005, January 1). Retrieved March 1, 2015, from
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=486191
1. Relevance
This scholarly article relates to my topic because I talks about the economic
impact that of the routine vaccination schedule. It speaks about the positive
affect that vaccinations have economically.
2. Accuracy
I do not believe that this article has any bias because it was a study
conducted, this should not have bias to be concluded as a validated study.
3. Currency
This article that I chose for my topic of vaccination is exactly ten years old.
The study was done in 2005 but it still valuable because it proves that
routinely vaccinating children will save money and time spent off of work
due to sick children or hospital debt that can come from not vaccination.
4. Authority
I chose this article for my topic because the study was done by qualified
doctors that are affiliated with the National Immunization Program, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, US Department of
Health and Human Services that are highly respected sources.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this study is to inform the relevance of vaccination and cost.
The study concluded that getting children vaccinated routinely correlates
with saving money due to illness of a child, including time spent off work to
care for sick child, hospital stay cost, and medicine cost.
6. Rate
I rate this article a 6 because it provides an economical reason to vaccinate
children, not just a health reason. It correlates saving money with
vaccinating children on a timely manner.
This article I chose is a study that evaluate the economic impact of the routine US
childhood immunization schedule: diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and a cellular

pertussis; tetanus and diphtheria toxoids; Haemophilus influenza type b conjugate;

inactivated poliovirus; measles, mumps, and rubella; hepatitis B; and varicella
vaccines. I chose this scholarly article for my topic of vaccinations because the
benefit of vaccinating children as scheduled. The study concludes that by
vaccinating children it can save the parents time and money to care for their sick
child, thus resulting in less time off required from work for the parent and saving in
money to help child get better or hospital fees caused by the disease.
URL: http://www.vaccines.gov/more_info/features/five-important-reasons-tovaccinate-your-child.html
Five Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child. (2012, January 1). Retrieved March
1, 2015, from http://www.vaccines.gov/more_info/features/five-important-reasonsto-vaccinate-your-child.html
1. Relevance
This article relates to my topic of vaccines because it provides statistics on
cases on preventable diseases and the effect it can have to children that are
unable to be vaccinated.
2. Accuracy
I believe that the information provided in this article is not bias because it is
statistics. Also, it doesnt try to persuade but rather inform about the
possibilities of not vaccination and the benefits that arrive from vaccination.
3. Currency
This article is still fairly new and provides current reasons on why a child
should be vaccinated, which adds value to the information that furthermore
supports my topic of vaccinating.
4. Authority
The National Vaccine Program Office in the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services is responsible for coordinating the information and portal
access afforded by Vaccines.gov. All the contents for this website is provided
by
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases,
Immunization Safety Office, Travelers Health Branch, Food and Drug
Administration, Center for Biologics and Evaluation Research, Health
Resources and Services Administration, National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and National Vaccine
Program Office, which are highly reliable sites.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this article is a federal gateway to information the country on
vaccines and immunization for infants, children, teenagers, adults, and
seniors. Vaccines.gov provides resources from federal agencies for the
general public and their communities about vaccines across the lifespan.
6. Rate
I rate this article a 6 because it provides highly reliable information that
comes from government website that have been thoroughly researched. This
article supports my reasons on why children and adults needs to vaccinated
to help eradicate and lower mortality rates in the world.

I chose this online article for my topic because it provides information on the
importance of vaccination children. Also, it provides statistics of whooping cough.
For instance, in 2010 the U.S. had over 21,000 cases of whooping cough reported
and 26 deaths, most in children younger than 6 months. Thus vaccination other
children that are old enough need to be vaccinated to stop disease from spreading
to younger infants that cannot get vaccinated. It related to my topic of vaccination
because the statistics support the importance of vaccines.