Open AccessPotential Effects of California’s New Vaccine Exemption Law on the Prevalence and Clustering of Exemptions
Author(s) -
Malia Jones,
Alison M. Buttenheim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2014.302065
Subject(s) - state (computer science) , environmental health , law , medicine , business , political science , algorithm , computer science
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.