Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26329
Title: Subjective Decision-Making in Healthcare: The Case of Vaccinations
Contributor(s): Taylor, Subhashni  (author)orcid ; Rizk, Nadia  (author)orcid ; Quinn, Frances  (author)orcid ; Coll, Richard K (author); McClune, William (author); Taylor, Neil  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2018
Open Access: Yes
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/26329
Open Access Link: https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/CAL/article/view/12787Open Access Link
Abstract: Although an understanding of socio-scientific issues is purported to influence and inform individuals’ behavior and decision-making, this may ultimately depend on the level of control any person feels they have to enact change. Current major issues such as global warming and consequent climate change or the production of genetically modified foods, may well appear to be out of the control of individuals. Consequently, people may look to the government to enact legislation to deal with these. However, one area where individuals have almost total control, in most western societies at least, is that of vaccination. In this study, 33 university graduates (largely university lecturers) from science and non-science backgrounds were interviewed in an attempt to ascertain their attitudes to vaccination programs and to determine where they obtained their own information from in relation to vaccinations. The small sample of this inquiry precludes generalisation. However, the preliminary findings indicated that in general, background (science or non-science) did not appear to be a determinant of support for vaccination programs, and although both groups drew on a wide range of information sources about vaccination, the most common sources of information cited by the participants included general practitioners or health care workers. Furthermore, despite being aware of some side effects, they generally had high confidence in vaccine safety.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 26(5), p. 1-19
Publisher: Institute for Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education
Place of Publication: Australia
ISSN: 2200-4270
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 130106 Secondary Education
130212 Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 390307 Teacher education and professional development of educators
390113 Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
390306 Secondary education
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development
930102 Learner and Learning Processes
930103 Learner Development
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 160303 Teacher and instructor development
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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