{"id":174580,"date":"2026-07-21T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=174580"},"modified":"2026-07-21T20:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:18:19","slug":"fler-tackar-nej-till-rutinspruta-for-nyfodda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/more-people-are-declining-routine-vaccinations-for-newborns\/","title":{"rendered":"More People Are Declining Routine Vaccinations for Newborns"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The number of parents who refuse the vitamin K injection for newborns has risen sharply in recent years. Researchers describe this trend as alarming, while many parents criticize the lack of balanced information and the fact that the treatment is routinely administered to healthy children. The risk of bleeding associated with vitamin K deficiency is described as rare.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of parents who decline the routine vitamin K injection given to newborns has risen sharply in recent years. According to a large Swedish study published in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2851525\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamapediatrics\/fullarticle\/2851525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JAMA Pediatrics<\/a><\/strong> The share rose from 0.66 percent in 2006 to 1.50 percent in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics argue that the information provided to parents is often one-sided and alarmist. Many parents feel they are not given enough opportunity to ask questions or discuss alternatives, but rather that the vaccination is presented as a matter of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Some of the most common reasons for declining an offer include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Concerns that the shot will hurt the newborn baby<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fear of possible side effects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The belief that an increased intake of vitamin K through the mother's diet is sufficient<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Widespread distrust of the healthcare system and routine medical procedures on healthy children<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The researcher <strong>Eleni Simatou<\/strong>, a pediatrician at Astrid Lindgren Children\u2019s Hospital, describes the trend as alarming in *L\u00e4kartidningen*. She attributes it in part to a broader skepticism toward vaccines and healthcare recommendations. At the same time, the risk of bleeding associated with vitamin K deficiency is described in the medical literature as rare in healthy children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many parents choose oral vitamin K drops instead during the first few months, even though, according to the study, these provide less protection than the injection.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More parents are declining the routine vaccination for newborns. Researchers call this a cause for concern\u2014while criticism is growing<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[697,206,205],"tags":[4509,1532],"class_list":["post-174580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vetenskap","category-inrikes","category-nyheter","tag-barnafodande","tag-sjukvard"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}