Impact of Australia's No Jab, No Pay policy on vaccination uptake – a before-after study in two national birth cohortsResearch in context

Autor: Frank Beard, Alexandra J. Hendry, Heather F. Gidding, Aditi Dey, Kristine Macartney, Julie Leask, Peter McIntyre
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2025
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Zdroj: The Lancet Regional Health. Western Pacific, Vol 54, Iss , Pp 101259- (2025)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-6065
DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101259
Popis: Summary: Background: Data on impact of financial penalties for non-vaccination are sparse. Australia has required full vaccination for government family assistance payment eligibility since 1998. In 2016, the No Jab, No Pay (NJNP) policy removed registered non-medical objection as exemption option and increased eligibility assessment to yearly. We aimed to examine NJNP impact on vaccine uptake in children. Methods: Individual-level Australian Immunisation Register data were used to assemble two-year-wide pre-/post-NJNP birth cohorts aged 1–
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