Potential Effects of California’s New Vaccine Exemption Law on the Prevalence and Clustering of Exemptions

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ID11023180
AuthorsMalia Jones (0000-0002-8198-0826, Malia Jones is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Alison Buttenheim is with the School of Nursing and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.), Alison M Buttenheim (0000-0003-2432-1637, University of Southern California), Alison Buttenheim (Malia Jones is with the Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Alison Buttenheim is with the School of Nursing and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.)
Year2014
Volume104
Issue9
Pagese3-e6
Publication date2014-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2014.302065
PMID25033149
PMCIDPMC4151919
OpenAlexW1977889547
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited5

Exemptions from childhood immunizations required for school entry have continued to increase among California kindergartners, and exemptions show spatial clustering within the state. A 2014 change in California’s school-entry vaccine exemption law requires parents filing for an exemption to submit signed documents from a health care provider. However, the evidence presented here suggests that the policy change will probably not be sufficient to reverse the growing trend in vaccine refusals

Business · Environmental health · Political science · State (computer science) · Child and Adolescent Health · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Law · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

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