Legislative challenges to school immunization mandates, 2009-2012
| Autor: | Walter A. Orenstein, Alan R. Hinman, Eileen A. Curran, Diane Peterson, Saad B. Omer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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business.industry Health Policy Legislation as Topic Legislation Legislature General Medicine Mandatory Programs Public administration Immunization (finance) humanities United States Vaccination coverage Medicine Humans Immunization business Child health care economics and organizations Health policy School Health Services State Government |
| Zdroj: | JAMA. 311(6) |
| ISSN: | 1538-3598 |
| Popis: | School immunization mandates, implemented through state-level legislation, have played an important role in maintaining high immunization coverage in the United States. Immunization mandates permit exemptions that vary from state to state in terms of type of exemption (eg, religious, personal belief, medical), and administrative ease of obtaining these exemptions. Certain types of exemptions (especially personal belief exemptions) and the ease of obtaining them are predictive of high rates of vaccine exemptions and increased disease risk among exemptors themselves and in the communities in which they reside.1,2 Legislation has been proposed in recent years to modify exemptions to school immunization requirements. We analyzed such legislation at the state level. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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