Compulsory vaccination in England

Carer involvement in compulsory out-patient psychiatric care in England

BACKGROUND There is an expectation in current heath care policy that family carers are involved in service delivery. This is also the case with compulsory outpatient mental health care, Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) that were introduced in England in 2008. No study has systematically investigated family involvement through the CTO process. METHOD We conducted qualitative interviews with 2...

Immunoprophylaxis of Compulsory Hepatitis B Vaccination in Sharkia, Egypt

Determinants of H1N1 vaccination uptake in England.

OBJECTIVE This study aims to investigate which individual characteristics influenced the uptake of the 2009 H1N1 vaccination in England. The vaccination was provided for free to a specified target group who also received invitation letters, but the coverage rate was still far from universal among them. METHODS Data from the 2010 edition of the Health Survey for England are used (size of the e...

Detrimental effects of introducing partial compulsory vaccination: experimental evidence.

BACKGROUND During outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases, compulsory vaccination is sometimes discussed as a last resort to counter vaccine refusal. Besides ethical arguments, however, empirical evidence on the consequences of making selected vaccinations compulsory is lacking. Such evidence is needed to make informed public health decisions. This study therefore assesses the effect of parti...

Making mandatory vaccination truly compulsory: well intentioned but ill conceived.

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