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Research: WILSON and co-workers,
Listed in Issue 100
Abstract
WILSON and co-workers, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont. M5G 2C4, Canada, kumanan.wilson@uhn.on.ca, have conducted a survey of attitudes towards childhood vaccinations amongst Canadian naturopathy students.
Background
Previous studies have suggested that the complementary and alternative medical community may harbour anti-vaccination attitudes, and that these attitudes may develop at early stages in their career. This study aimed to investigate if this was true by surveying students of naturopathic medicine.
Methodology
All 4 years of students at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine were surveyed.
Results
59.4% of students responded to the survey. Only 12.8% of students would recommend full childhood vaccination. 74.4% of students would recommend partial vaccination. Both willingness to advise full vaccination and trust in public health and conventional medicine decreased in students in later years of training.
Conclusion
Supporters of full childhood vaccination need to find ways of engaging in discussion with students of complementary and alternative medicine at an early stage in their careers.
References
Wilson K, Mills E, Boon H, Tomlinson G, Ritvo P. A survey of attitudes towards paediatric vaccinations amongst Canadian naturopathic students. Vaccine 22 (3-4): 329-334, Jan 2004.
