Kindergarten Vaccination Status in California After Changes to Medical Exemption Policy

Paul L Delamater; Alison M Buttenheim; Daniel A Salmon; Jason L Schwartz; Saad B Omer

doi:10.1001/jama.2023.16995

Kindergarten Vaccination Status in California After Changes to Medical Exemption Policy

JAMA. 2023 Oct 24;330(16):1585-1587. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16995.

Authors

Paul L Delamater¹, Alison M Buttenheim², Daniel A Salmon³, Jason L Schwartz⁴, Saad B Omer⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Geography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
² Department of Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
⁵ Peter O'Donnell Jr School of Public Health, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study evaluates changes in medical exemptions and geographic distribution of kindergarteners in California not up to date on vaccination after changes to state legislation.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

California / epidemiology
Child, Preschool
Health Policy* / legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Schools* / legislation & jurisprudence
Schools* / supply & distribution
Vaccination Coverage* / legislation & jurisprudence
Vaccination Coverage* / statistics & numerical data
Vaccination* / legislation & jurisprudence
Vaccination* / statistics & numerical data

Plain language summary

Publication types

MeSH terms

Grants and funding