Article ID: CBB001320565

Balancing Risks: Childhood Inoculations and America's Response to the Provocation of Paralytic Polio (2013)

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Polio provocation has concerned health professionals for nearly a century. Before an effective polio vaccine was licensed in 1955, evidence that certain paediatric injections could precipitate a polio infection and severe forms of paralysis informed medical debates, experiments and shifts in public health policy. This article explores how the theory was received and approached in the United States and the consequences of its protracted resolution. It contends that although medical professionals sought to maximise health benefits for American citizens, varying conceptions of what constituted an appropriate balance of risk inspired diverse health policy outcomes.

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Authors & Contributors
Day, Alison
Altenbaugh, Richard J.
Alam, Eram
Holmberg, Christine
Wolinsky, Steven M.
Williams, Gareth
Concepts
Vaccines; vaccination
Public health
Poliomyelitis
Health care
Disease and diseases
Public policy
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
20th century, early
Modern
19th century
Places
United States
New Zealand
China
Valencia (Spain)
Spain
Italy
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
UNICEF
European Association against Poliomyelitis
World Bank
United Nations
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
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