NONMEDICAL EXEMPTIONS TO STATE IMMUNIZATION LAWS
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Nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements: secular trends and association of state policies with pertussis incidence.
CONTEXT School immunization requirements have played a major role in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Most states offer nonmedical exemptions to school requirements (religious or personal belief). Exemptors are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting disease. The role of exemption policies may be especially important for pertussis, which is endemic in the U...
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School immunization requirements are important in controlling vaccine-preventable diseases in the United States. Forty-eight states offer nonmedical exemptions to school immunization requirements. Children with exemptions are at increased risk of contracting and transmitting vaccine-preventable diseases. The clustering of nonmedical exemptions can affect community risk of vaccine-preventable di...
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During2014,numerouscommunitiesacross theUnited States have been affected by significant, largely avoidable outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses (VPIs), such as measles, mumps, and pertussis.1 These outbreaks have been associated with increasing numbers of familiesactivelydeclining immunizationsagainstVPIs for their children.2 States can require that families submit documentation that thei...
متن کاملKnowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of school nurses and personnel and associations with nonmedical immunization exemptions.
OBJECTIVES We studied school personnel involved in the review of student's immunization status to determine whether personnel training, immunization-related knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, use of alternative medicine, and sources of vaccine information were associated with the vaccination status of school children. METHODS Surveys were mailed to a stratified and random sample of 1000 schoo...
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BACKGROUND In 2010, 9120 cases of pertussis were reported in California, more than any year since 1947. Although this resurgence has been widely attributed to waning immunity of the acellular vaccine, the role of vaccine refusal has not been explored in the published literature. Many factors likely contributed to the outbreak, including the cyclical nature of pertussis, improved diagnosis, and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.92.1.8