Immunization Record Kids' Vaccinations Get a Little Easier Information and news releases furnished by the members of PR Newswire, who are responsible for their fact and content. Inc. When asked to rate the importance of certain technological advances to their own lives, children and adults overwhelmingly put medicine and vaccines at the very top of the list, over cars, television and computer games. It is the first national survey to actually question children about their attitudes toward getting shots and to measure their understanding of vaccines and the diseases they prevent.
Parents believe that vaccines have made it safer for their children, the survey shows.
Among adults, concerns about measles, mumps and rubella have definitely diminished over time, since the introduction of a vaccine. Kids have a good understanding of why they got shots and that it is in their best interest to do so, the survey shows. It usually lasts five to ten years. Yet the survey shows that while parents appreciate the role of vaccines in preventing these diseases, they underestimate what a dramatic difference they actually have made. The survey also illustrates that parents are not telling their children about the serious nature of these childhood diseases.