Vaccine Safety Information: Whom Do Parents Trust?

Dr. Freed and his colleagues involved in the study of sources of vaccine safety information disclosed having no relevant financial disclosures. Dr. Nicola P. Klein of Stanford (Calif.) University, a coinvestigator in the study of the timing of immunization information to mothers, has received research support from GlaxoSmithKline, Merck & Co. Inc., Sanofi Pasteur, Wyeth, Novartis, and MedImmune. Ms. Vannice was supported in part by a National Institutes of Health Research and Training Grant in International Maternal and Child Health. None of the other investigators in that study said they had any relevant financial disclosures. The study was performed in collaboration between the CDC–funded Vaccine Attitudes and Risk Perception (VARP) and Clinical Immunization Safety Assessment (CISA) groups.