Chirico F
Health Service Department, State Police, Ministry of Interior, Italy.
Ann Ig. 2018 May-Jun;30(3):251-256. doi: 10.7416/ai.2018.2217.
In Italy, the Parliament granted recently the final approval to a law introducing a long list of childhood vaccinations mandatory for preschool and school-age children. Before the approval, a vibrant public debate took place on the traditional media, in the social networks and among policymakers because of the so called "anti-vaccination movement". In this paper, we discuss about ethical aspects and relationship between individual rights and public health. The role of social networks and the Internet is also essential to disseminate correct informations, influencing health behaviours and contributing to educating people about this major public health issue in a right way. Finally, new and specific educational programmes are needed in order to transmit the young generation the means to correctly understand scientific research about this controversial issue.
在意大利，议会最近最终批准了一项法律，该法律规定了一系列针对学龄前和学龄儿童的强制儿童疫苗接种。在批准之前，由于所谓的“反疫苗运动”，传统媒体、社交网络以及政策制定者之间展开了一场激烈的公众辩论。在本文中，我们讨论了伦理方面以及个人权利与公共卫生之间的关系。社交网络和互联网在传播正确信息、影响健康行为以及以正确方式帮助人们了解这一重大公共卫生问题方面也起着至关重要的作用。最后，需要新的特定教育计划，以便向年轻一代传授正确理解有关这一争议性问题的科学研究的方法。
