synthesis matrix

Author/Date	Aim of Study	Type of literature + type of method	Result /Conclusion	Strengths + limitations	Thematic codings	Setting/ Context
Charlotte Lee , Kathryn Whetten , Saad Omer , William Pan  and Daniel Salmon	To understand the parental decision to obtain a NME in order to not vaccinate their child.	research literature	parents need to be reached in different ways in order to be able to trust the government and vaccinate their children	strengths are it gives the reader the background of what NME means and what it means for schools/communities, but limitations include diversity being limited, it did not reach homeschooled children or southern states	Herd immunity Vaccines	this article focuses mostly on parents with children who are unvaccinated and their children
Timothy R Tangherlini, PhD,1 Vwani Roychowdhury, PhD,2 Beth Glenn, PhD,3 Catherine M Crespi, PhD,3 Roja Bandari, PhD,2 Akshay Wadia, PhD,2 Misagh Falahi, MS,2 Ehsan Ebrahimzadeh, MS,2 and Roshan Bastani, PhD3	to show the effect of social media and "mommy blogs" on parenting and vaccination exemptions	research literature	new parents entering into the online forums may be swayed in their opinions on parenting decisions including vaccination because of certain social media	strengths include the use of multiple parenting sites and finding the underlying narrative rather than simply identifying topics on these forums. limitations include the information they found does not include conversations that could be had in more relaxed settings like the park or playground.	Vaccine exemptions Social media Parenting Vaccines	this article focuses mostly on the web pages themselves rather than the parents, however the parents are included as well
STEVE CLARKE, ALBERTO GIUBILINI AND MARY JEAN WALKER	to examine conscientious exemptions to vaccinations	empirical research literature	they used an opinion based question to form their conclusion which was "should people be entitled to conscientiously object to vaccinations" as well as what kind of requirements need to come with that.	strengths include the large population they used, which included the military. limitations include the fact that it was so highly opinion based	Conscientious objection Vaccination Herd immunity Public health	this article is aimed at the people in the military and those who want to do good in their country without supporting the war
Steven D. Haenchen , Elizabeth T. Jacobs , Kristin N. Bratton , Aubri S. Carman , Eyal Oren ,Heidi L. Pottinger , Jessica A. Regan  and Kacey C. Ernst	the aim of the study is to understand what not vaccinating does to public schools and the risks it raises	research literature	providers of vaccines vary on opinion of whether or not there is a need to vaccinate, they are also more understanding about the hesitation of some parents not to vaccinate	strengths include the fact that this article was aimed more at the practicing physicians rather than the parents, however limitations also include the fact that parents were not necessarily included in this study	Personal belief Exemptions Vaccines	this article is aimed at the physicians and whether or not they think it would be beneficial to need a physicians signature in order to be exempt from vaccinations to get into school
Margaret Carrel, PhDa,b, Patrick Bitterman, BS	the aim of this article is to give a spatial analysis of vaccine exemptions in california due to personal beliefs	research literature	schools with high personal belief exemptions are sometimes colocated with schools that have high medical exemptions for vaccinations therefore putting the herd immunity at risk	strengths include the research methods, using sociodemographic characteristics and matching the data from the California Department of Public Health, limitations are that its only in California. it would be more effective to have a comparison of multiple states	Personal belief exemptions California Vaccines Spatial analysis	this article is written mostly about the schools of kindergartners and how often there are clusters of people who do not vaccinate their children