Vaccination And Immunizations
There are diseases out in the world that are preventable with a simple solution: vaccines. While most children have received them or still are receiving them, there is still a population of people who are not vaccinated causing several problems. An ongoing issue with vaccinations is that low-income families are unable to afford the proper immunizations to protect themselves and their children from diseases. Vaccinations and immunizations are essential and given in an effort to protect all humans from deadly diseases. They are the utmost important during one’s childhood years as children are the most vulnerable to contracting infections. With the use of vaccines, children are able to build immunity to diseases that once wiped out many populations (CDC, 2014).
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This is especially the problem in third world countries and in rural areas. The costs for immunizations have been directly increasing which makes it difficult for low socioeconomic families to keep up with series of shots and newer ones as well (Chen, Messonnier, & Zhou, 2016) In 2014, only 71% of low-income children were vaccinated compared to the 82% of those who were vaccinated at or above the poverty line (Child Trends, 2015). Moreover, statistics showed that there was a positive correlation of vaccinations and the existence of pro-rich inequality (Restrepo-Méndez et al., 2016). This meaning, children coming from a wealthier family were more likely to get immunized due to vaccination
This is especially the problem in third world countries and in rural areas. The costs for immunizations have been directly increasing which makes it difficult for low socioeconomic families to keep up with series of shots and newer ones as well (Chen, Messonnier, & Zhou, 2016) In 2014, only 71% of low-income children were vaccinated compared to the 82% of those who were vaccinated at or above the poverty line (Child Trends, 2015). Moreover, statistics showed that there was a positive correlation of vaccinations and the existence of pro-rich inequality (Restrepo-Méndez et al., 2016). This meaning, children coming from a wealthier family were more likely to get immunized due to vaccination