Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21860/j.11.2.1
The Place of Big Data in Addressing Emerged Issues in Vaccinology of the 21st Century
Gordana Pelčić
orcid.org/0000-0002-3322-1470
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities / Health Care Center of Primorsko-Goranska County, Rijeka, Croatia
Salvador Ribas
; International Society for Clinical Bioethics, Barcelona, Spain
Anamarija Gjuran Coha
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Rijeka, Croatia
Ivana Tucak
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law, Department of International Public and Private Law, Legal Theory and Methodology, Osijek, Croatia
Suzana Vuletić
; Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Catholic Faculty of Theology in Đakovo, Department of Moral Theology, Đakovo, Croatia
Silvana Pavlinović
; Hotel Sveti Križ, Čiovo, Croatia
Ana Valković
; Institute for Emergency Medicine of the Primorsko-Goranska County, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Vaccinology, as a great achievement of public health of the 20th century nowadays faces
doubts, questions, and concerns that could be included in the term of vaccine hesitancy. The
vaccinology in the 21st century is marked by the emerging anti-vaccine movements followed
by a variety of attempts and approaches of professionals to resolve them. The globalization
in health care on the one side and great technological achievements, on the other, create
the possibilities where an enormous amount of data is publicly available. The professionals
have based the benefits of vaccination on scientific data. Vaccine hesitancy and anti-vaccine
movements declare that they have also based their policy on scientific data. On the first line of facing parental vaccine hesitancy are primary care pediatricians. They can testify their own
limiting abilities to do so, as well as the limiting abilities of other professionals involved in
vaccinology. In the situation of an enormous amount of data, they could be drowned out
and interpreted in various ways. It is clear that the old-fashioned “defense” of the great public
achievement of the 20 century - vaccinology - is no longer appropriate. On the other hand, a
search of the literature shows the entry of “Big Data” into medicine in general and the public
health and vaccinology. This paper attempts to position the role of Big Data (its benefits,
traps, and ethical implications) in vaccinology in the 21st century based on the literature
research and our propositions.
Keywords
vaccinology, Big Data, ethics of Big Data, immunization practices
Hrčak ID:
251603
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Publication date:
24.12.2020.
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