New in the Canadian Historical Review (I am one of the co-editors): a fine article tracing current vaccine hesitancy to shifts in parenting and the rise of neoliberalism in the late 20th century.

Kathryn Hughes , Catherine Carstairs, "'Needling Doubts': Maternalism, Neo-liberalism and Intensive Parenting as the Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in English-speaking Canada, 1980–2007"

https://doi.org/10.3138/chr-2023-0006

#histodons #history #vaccine #vaccination #PublicHealth #MedicalHistory #neoliberalism #Canada

Here's another link to the paper (I thought it was open access, but it turns out I was wrong. Grrr):

Kathryn Hughes, Catherine Carstairs, "'Needling Doubts': Maternalism, Neo-liberalism and Intensive Parenting as the Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy in English-speaking Canada, 1980–2007," Canadian Historical Review (2024)

https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/chr-2023-0006

#histodons #history #vaccine #vaccination #PublicHealth #MedicalHistory #neoliberalism #Canada