article_snippet: Parents are increasingly pressuring doctors to delay vaccines for young children, raising the threat from preventable diseases such as the flu, measles and mumps, a new study suggests.
article_snippet: Some parents wanted to space shots out so Some parents children weren't jabbed so many times in one sitting while others worried about possible vaccine-related neurological complications.
article_snippet: Growing trend: Parents are increasingly pressuring doctors to delay vaccines for young children, raising the threat from preventable diseases such as the flu, measles and mumps, a new study suggests .
article_snippet: Three-quarters of the doctors surveyed said Three-quarters of the doctors surveyed agreed to vaccine delays at least some of the time, even though Three-quarters of the doctors surveyed knew it was potentially harmful.
article_snippet: In some cases, practitioners feared practitioners would lose patients from practitioners practice if practitioners pushed the recommended vaccine schedule too hard.
article_snippet: Overall, 25 per cent of doctors said the demand for injection delays were up from the previous year.
article_snippet: Parents who refuse to vaccinate Parents who refuse to vaccinate their children children have faced scrutiny after a measles outbreak in California blighted more than 100 adults and children since December.
article_snippet: Doctors are concerned about unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children becoming ill and spreading disease to others.
article_snippet: The potential repercussions are worrisome and are happening 'right now with a measles outbreak in California,' said Dr. Allison Kempe, a University of Colorado researcher and a member of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee.
article_snippet: Delaying shots targeted for certain ages means certain ages may be less effective later on.
article_snippet: It also makes It more likely that children will never get vaccinated, because parents get too busy or forget to schedule another doctor's visit, said Dr. Robert Frenck, an infectious diseases specialist at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
highlights_snippet: Some parents wanted to space shots out to spare Some parents children from getting jabbed so many times in one sitting .
  
highlights_snippet: Others worried about possible vaccine-related neurological complications .
  