Immunization stress-related response: a manual for program managers and health professionals to prevent, identify and respond to stress-related responses following immunization

Overview

The term “immunization stress-related responses (ISRR)” covers an entire spectrum of manifestations to a stress response in the context of immunization. Individual responses to stress vary from person to person or in groups and may change according to time or context either as solitary events or as clusters. With increasing attention to such events in both traditional media and social media, they have even led to disruption of a country’s immunization programs in some instances. In this manual and synopsis, ISRR is explained according to a conceptual biopsychosocial model.  They offer guidance to program managers and health professionals on prevention, identification and response to stress-related responses following immunization.