Attitudes towards vaccination among chiropractic and naturopathic students

Publication type
Journal article
Authors
Busse JW, Wilson K, Campbell JB
Date published
2008 Nov 18
Journal
Vaccine
Volume
26
Issue
49
Pages
6237-6243
PMID
18674581
Open Access?
No
Abstract

We have investigated the attitudes towards vaccination of undergraduate chiropractic and naturopathic students in the two major complementary and alternative medicine colleges in Canada. While the majority of the students were not averse to vaccination, we found in both colleges that anti-vaccination attitudes were more prevalent in the later years of the programs. Reasons for this are discussed, and we provide suggestions for strategies to address the situation