M4.4 Vaccination Debate
How would you as the health professional balance respecting the parent’s
control over the decision-making regarding their child with the benefits of
having their child immunized against a potentially harmful viral disease?
You will be assigned to a group by your section instructor:
Group #1: Clarice should have the vaccination series for HBV (Hepatitis B)
to protect her and others from infectious diseases that are preventable.
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause serious disease and chronic
infection which can lead to liver damage cancer and even death (Hinkle & Cheever, 2018).
Approximately 1000 infants are found to be positive for hepatitis B every year (CDC, 2010). The
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all infants get the first hepatitis be
vaccination on their first day of life (CDC, 2010). This is because the first dose has proven to be
extremely effective in protecting infants especially if they have been born to a hepatitis B
infected mother (Conis, 2011). Without this vaccine these infants could become very ill from
the virus and their livers are so immature as it is (Hinkle & Cheever, 2018). The healthy
maturation of the liver is so critical for children to be able to metabolize nutrients and to
affectively excrete all toxins from the body. A disease process so early in development can have
catastrophic consequences. Besides exposure in the womb from hepatitis b positive mother,
infants can also become infected with the virus through exposure to adults who care for them
or even through exposure to items like toys or surfaces with the virus on them. Hepatitis B virus
can survive for a week on inanimate objects and still cause infection with slight exposure
(Hinkle & Cheever, 2018).
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects people and causes damage to the liver particularly to the
liver cells causing an inflammatory reaction this can lead to scarring and chronic infection like
How would you as the health professional balance respecting the parent’s
control over the decision-making regarding their child with the benefits of
having their child immunized against a potentially harmful viral disease?
You will be assigned to a group by your section instructor:
Group #1: Clarice should have the vaccination series for HBV (Hepatitis B)
to protect her and others from infectious diseases that are preventable.
Hepatitis B is a viral infection that attacks the liver and can cause serious disease and chronic
infection which can lead to liver damage cancer and even death (Hinkle & Cheever, 2018).
Approximately 1000 infants are found to be positive for hepatitis B every year (CDC, 2010). The
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that all infants get the first hepatitis be
vaccination on their first day of life (CDC, 2010). This is because the first dose has proven to be
extremely effective in protecting infants especially if they have been born to a hepatitis B
infected mother (Conis, 2011). Without this vaccine these infants could become very ill from
the virus and their livers are so immature as it is (Hinkle & Cheever, 2018). The healthy
maturation of the liver is so critical for children to be able to metabolize nutrients and to
affectively excrete all toxins from the body. A disease process so early in development can have
catastrophic consequences. Besides exposure in the womb from hepatitis b positive mother,
infants can also become infected with the virus through exposure to adults who care for them
or even through exposure to items like toys or surfaces with the virus on them. Hepatitis B virus
can survive for a week on inanimate objects and still cause infection with slight exposure
(Hinkle & Cheever, 2018).
Hepatitis B is a virus that infects people and causes damage to the liver particularly to the
liver cells causing an inflammatory reaction this can lead to scarring and chronic infection like
