Emory survey of Georgia parents find most believe childhood vaccines are safe

In an Emory University survey of nearly Georgia parents distributed Tuesday disclosed they believe childhood vaccines are very or somewhat safe The purpose of the survey which its organizers hope will become an annual overview that helps track changes over time was to find out what parents think about the well-being of their children The Emory professors worked with polling company Ipsos to conduct an online poll between late January and early March that represented the population of Georgia parents and analyzed the results Overall nearly of parents were confident vaccines are safe Generally parents trust the information they get commented pediatrician Dr Stephen Patrick a professor at Emory s Rollins School of Inhabitants Medical who helped organize the survey Vaccination rates for deadly childhood diseases like measles are on the decline in Georgia falling to for young children as measles cases surge across the country and newly appointed citizens healthcare leaders like U S Robustness and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr promote misinformation about vaccines The survey which also captured parents top concerns and unmet requirements for their children s fitness broke down results by racial group as well as geography That analysis revealed that a lower percentage of Black parents thought routine childhood vaccines are very or somewhat safe of Hispanic parents thought the same Nearly three-quarters of respondents announced they trust their child s healthcare provider to provide accurate information about vaccines Other trusted sources include the Centers for Syndrome Control and Prevention the Georgia Department of Inhabitants Robustness county wellbeing departments and the U S Food and Drug Administration Parents in rural and urban areas noted they trust their child s clinician at about equal levels but rural parents placed greater levels of trust in the DPH and their county strength department for vaccine information than urban parents did Doctors and others can be key trusted messengers to provide vaccine information to parents Patrick explained Everything is local especially in rural communities That connection is paramount he announced The survey also demanded parents what they thought about school vaccine requirements Majority parents disclosed childhood vaccines should be required with various saying exemptions should be allowed for anatomical or religious reasons Georgia requires children to be vaccinated to attend school including preschool but parents can obtain religious or anatomical exemptions Georgia s vaccination rates are below the area or herd immunity rate needed to prevent widespread transmission of measles State population fitness workers contained an outbreak of three cases in one family earlier this year Learning bullying violence among other concernsThe survey also required parents to rank their top concerns for their children These were the top five Learning and school quality Social media use Bullying including cyberbullying Gun violence Mental medical and suicide The results varied by ethnicity the analysis mentioned Hispanic and Black parents were preponderance concerned about gun violence while white parents were bulk concerned about social media use Hispanic and Black parents were also concerned about racism while white parents were not Rural parents listed drug and alcohol use as one of their top concerns while urban parents ranked gun violence in the top five Even though bullying or social media may not be traditional society robustness issues they are fundamental to children s fitness All of these things are intertwined Patrick noted You can t neatly piece them apart The analysis also requested parents about their concerns about alcohol and drug use Overall about one-third of parents concluded unused prescription opioid pills were the main cause of adolescent overdose deaths Another third thought counterfeit pills that contained fentanyl or other dangerous drugs were the main cause Patrick reported the leading cause of overdose deaths among adolescents is counterfeit pills that contain fentanyl Talk to your kids about counterfeit pills and their dangers Patrick disclosed While prescription pills can be a exposure parents need to talk about counterfeit pills to their children Nearly two-thirds of the parents surveyed noted they thought schools are less safe than they were years ago Nearly half of parents communicated keeping firearms in their home or garage While the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends counseling families on firearm safety only about a quarter of the parents in the survey noted their pediatrician had sought about safe gun storage Unmet requirements include mental fitness services foodThe survey also detected that of children in Georgia or have been diagnosed with mental or behavioral conditions but are not receiving mental medical services There are incredible challenges to getting access to mental robustness services in the entire U S Patrick declared Federal records show that more than one-third of Georgia households with children are food insecure More than half of parents in the survey revealed changing their food spending habits in the past year including by stopping or reducing eating out changing the types of food they eat and changing where they buy groceries Nearly a quarter or of parents communicated skipping meals Ninety-one percent of the parents polled supported free breakfast and lunch for all children in Georgia community schools It s essential to ensure Georgia children have the services they need revealed Mindy Binderman executive director of the Georgia Early Coaching Alliance for Ready Students Children s greater part rapid and consequential brain advancement happens in early childhood at a rate of million new neural connections formed every second I too worry about kids mental physical condition access to care and instruction quality Binderman revealed GEEARS is pushing to preserve programs like Medicaid which provides wellbeing insurance to low-income children and Head Start which provides early childhood development in Georgia Healthbeat is a nonprofit newsroom covering constituents wellness published by Civic News Company and KFF Healthcare News Sign up for their newsletters here The post Emory survey of Georgia parents find the bulk believe childhood vaccines are safe appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta