reasons for non-completion of the interviews: no caregiver identified (5%), refusal (20%), caregiver not contactable (8%), other (3%).
Many black parents identify the refusal to spank as "white," viewing white parents as too permissive and not in proper control of their children, especially in public spaces.
No discharged patients were identified on Emergency Medical Service refusal of care reports or county death records.
Additionally, the in-depth exploration of 'condom refusal' identified sexual relationships where condom use may be perceived as less important because partners know their HIV status and live in stable relationships.
This study evaluated the utility of immunization registries in identifying vaccine refusals among children.
To accomplish the first aim we sought to evaluate the utility of HMO immunization registries in identifying vaccine refusals.
The immunization registry, compared to chart review, had negative predictive values of 85 92% and 90 97% for 2- and 6-year olds, and positive predictive values of only 52 74% and 59 62% to identify vaccine refusals.
The aim of this survey was to quantify refusal rates and identify factors of refusal pertaining to studies and recruiting pediatricians in the research recruitment process.
Only 3.8% persons refused by fears to be identified and 3.8% of refusals were linked to the non restitution of the test result.
Factors associated with treatment refusal were identified through logistic regression using the generalized estimating equation method, and survival analysis was performed using the Cox proportional hazards model.
