Iris Soto

Scholarly article
URL: http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/vaccinedebate
The Vaccine Debate. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2015, from
http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/parent-child/vaccine-debate.
1. Relevancy
This article relates to my topic of vaccinating children because in the article, Dr.
Salmon talks about the risk that poses for the community if children that are not
vaccinated. Also, he talks about vaccination of mmr vaccine does not cause autism.
2. Accuracy
I believe that Dr. Salmon is not bias in this peer-reviewed study because he is
collecting information from a series of questions he asks the parents of the
vaccinated or unvaccinated children. He answers questions about the myths and
perceptions of vaccinations to further inform the community about the safety and
importance of vaccinations and the risks of not vaccinating children.
3. Currency
There was no date given on the article but I still feel that the information is current
and extremely useful for my topic of vaccinations. The article clarifies the stigma of
vaccinations being bad for children because of the ingredients. He talks about the
amount of ingredients in the vaccine, which is very little.
4. Authority
Dr. Salmon, a Ph.D. and the deputy director of the Institute for Vaccine Safety at
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. Dr. Salmon is
affiliated with the International Health Division: Global Disease Epidemiology and
Control and Health, Behavior and Society.
5. Purpose
This purpose of this article is to inform and educate parents of young children the
crucially of vaccinating young children and staying up to date on vaccinations. He
uses facts on a study that was not properly conducted, on MMR vaccine that was
linked to autism. He concluded that the British doctor conducted his study on
observation and not scientific study.
6. Rating
I would rate this article a 3 because it did not have an author or date. There is still
very informative information for my topic of vaccination of children because Dr.
Salmon speaks about the consequences of children not getting vaccinations.
Additionally, he clarifies the stigma of the MMR vaccine and autism.

URL: http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=485738
Are Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns Associated With Receipt of Measles-MumpsRubella, Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids With A cellular Pertussis, or Hepatitis B
Vaccines by Children? (2004). JAMA Pediatrics. Retrieved February 17, 2015, from
http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=485738
1. Relevancy
I chose this article for my topic of vaccination because it supports my topic by
identifying parental perceptions regarding vaccine safety and assess their
relationship with the immunization status of children.
2. Accuracy
I choose this article for my topic of vaccination because there is no bias. It is
a case controlled study about the importance of vaccines. It surveyed many
parents of different races and ethnicities of young children, asked questions
and collected the data. It demonstrated that even the parents that thought
that vaccines were important they did not keep up-to-date or vaccinated their
children.
3. Currency
The scholarly article I choose is a 10 years out of date for my topic but I still is
important for my topic of vaccinations. The article is still relevant because it
shows that society is still uninformed about vaccinations and still believe that
they are harmful to children, which is extremely rare.
4. Authority
This case study article the authors, Barbara Bardenheier is a MPH and MA,
Hussain Yusuf a MBBS and MPH are from the Divisions of Immunization
Services; Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MPH is from Epidemiology and Surveillance
; Deborah Gust a PhD and Lawrence Barker a PhD are from National
Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta,
Ga., and Lance Rodewald is an MD and MPH.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this article that I chose for my topic of vaccinations was to
conclude if the importance of vaccination between the unvaccinated
childrens parents and vaccinated childrens parents. It was concluded that
there was no difference between these two viewpoints. Both sides understood
the gravity of the importance of vaccinating children even though they did or
did not vaccinated their children.
6. Rating
I rate this article for my topic vaccinations a 4 because it provides valuable
information about the awareness of the importance of vaccinating young
children. Furthermore, it provides statistics on the amount of parents that
decide not to have their children vaccinated because of illness or fear of
adverse effects.

Websites
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/resdev/test-approve.htm

Vaccine Testing and the Approval Process. (2015, January 6). Retrieved February 17,
2015, from http://www.cdc.gov/
1. Relevance
I chose this article for my vaccination topics because it related to my topic
because it informs of what you would like to know about vaccines. It
demonstrates the vaccine testing and approving process, ingredients in any
vaccine of your choice, additionally it has a basic and common questions
answered.
2. Accuracy
It do not believe that it has any bias in this free of error website. It is mostly
informative information such as dates to vaccinate children to
recommendations and guidance. For instance, the government website
informs you why it is important to vaccinate and to keep immunizing children
until the diseases becomes eradicated. In addition, this website has links to
similar government websites.
3. Currency
This website source in up to date for my vaccination topic. The last updated
date was 2014 which makes the relevancy more accurate for my topic. it has
current topics such as Ebola and measles outbreak.
4. Authority
This website is governmentally owned with specialized doctors in every field
that it provides. All of the doctors and nurses work for the central disease
control and are trained for this specific area that they work in.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this website is to protect America from health, safety and
security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. it also increases the health
security of our nation and saves lives and protects people from health threats
by conducts critical science and provides health information that protects the
nation against expensive and dangerous health threats, and responds when
these arise.
6. Rate
I rate this websites quality of source for my topic because it is up to date with
the information it provides about vaccines and it is reliable because of the
authority of the doctors. . Additionally, it gives resources to further conduct
research if needed.
URL: http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Rubella.aspx
Rubella - National Vaccine Information Center. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17, 2015,
from http://www.nvic.org/vaccines-and-diseases/Rubella.aspx
1. Relevance
I picked this website for my topic vaccines because it informs me about
anything I need to know about my topic. The website informs be about
symptoms and ingredients about the Rubella vaccine in additions to others.
Moreover, the website gives me quick facts about rubella or vaccine of my
choice. This website supports my topic because it gives me current hard facts
about vaccines and where to report adverse effects.

2. Accuracy
I do not detect any bias because it informs me about proven fact that have
been repeatedly tested making it a very reliable and supported website. The
data from my website comes from tests conducted by their qualified doctors
and research analytic specialist.
3. Currency
This website is current as of 2014. I believe that this website effects
relevancy of my topic of vaccines because it is less than five years old.
Additionally, this website had a current new which provides any current news
article that have to do with vaccines such as an article speaking about the
ineffective influenza vaccine for 2014-2015. It gives further information
supported by statistics.
4. Authority
This website is a good source for my topic because the information provided
is supported by certified doctors such as Vicky Debold a Ph.D., RN, and
Director of Research and Patient Safety and Steven M. Rubin, Ph.D. and a
Volunteer Director of Vaccine Research Analytics.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this article is dedicated to the prevention of vaccine injuries
and deaths through public education and to defending the informed consent
ethic in medicine. Moreover, this website works to protect the freedom for
citizens to exercise the human right to voluntary, informed consent to any
medical intervention or use of pharmaceutical product
6. Rate
I rate this website a 5. It is an excellent source for my topic of vaccinations
because it informs me of facts on the positive and adverse effects that
vaccines can have in children. Furthermore, it informs me about current
events related to vaccines. Lastly, it gives me a way to contact the website
via telephone, email, and mail.
BOOK:
Sears, R. (2007). The vaccine book: Making the right decision for your child
(pp. 35-60). New York: Little, Brown.
1. Relevance
This is relevant for my topic of vaccination because it offers readers a fair,
impartial, fact-based resource from the most trusted name in pediatrics. Dr.
Bob. This book offers a disease/vaccine pair and offers a comprehensive
discussion of what the disease is, how common or rare it is, how serious or
harmless it is, the ingredients of the vaccine, and any possible side effects
from the vaccine.
2. Accuracy
I do detect much bias because it informs the reader about the vaccines safety
followed by the rare adverse effects that can occur but in known to be a anti
vaccine doctor. The book informs of all possibilities of vaccinations, such as
what can occur of vaccinating or not. It is an informative book that gives the
reader a choice to choose what he or she decides to do but informs about
both sides of the vaccinations argument.

3. Currency
This book is pretty recent for my topics but not as recent as I would have
liked. This book was published in 2011 but there is new diseases to be
concerned about that are not in the book, such as the measles outbreak in
California or Ebola.
4. Authority
The author of the book I choose for my topic of vaccines is Dr. Robert sears.
Dr. Sears is a well-known American pediatrician and the son of Dr. Bill sears.
He has co-authoring several books, adding content to the family website, and
making myriad TV appearances to offer his sage advice.
5. Purpose
The purpose of this book is to inform and persuade about vaccines and gives
and alternative schedule for parents that do not want to vaccinate their
children early as required. The books speaks about the positive and negative
effects that arise and things that can be done to prevent diseases if you
choose not to vaccinate.
6. Rate
I overall rate this book a 3 because it is a little bias, but her does give
valuable information including statistics and consequences of choosing to
vaccinate or not vaccinate.

SOCIAL MEDIA
URL: https://twitter.com/nationwidekids
Nationwidekids(2013, June 21). HPV vaccine shows dramatic success in teens.
1. Relevance
I chose this tweet for my topic of vaccines because the tweet give me a link
that informs me about the HPV vaccine that can help prevent cervical cancer
and other diseases. It gives information about the vaccine and the positives
that it can do.
2. Accuracy
It is not bias because it gives information, statistics, and information that can
help make the decision to receive that vaccine or not. The author does not
support one end more than the other end on the vaccine debate.
3. Currency
I choose this tweet with a link to a website for my topic because it is current
as of 2014 and makes it more valuable because it supports my topics with
statistics and new information added recently.
4. Authority
This tweet link is of authority because the facts on the website are from The
Journal of infectious disease and Center of Disease control. All the facts are

backed up with professional studied evidence, which are extremely

creditable.
5. Purpose
The purpose of the tweet link is to inform the community about the success
of the HPV vaccine that has cut HPV strains in half. The tweet link is filled with
statistics from the Central of disease control about the HPV virus.
6. Rate
I rate this article a 4 because it give statistics and information of HPV, such as
statistics that 80% of sexually active Americans have or have had HPV in
their life at least once.