2025
Attitudes of California school personnel on potential COVID-19 vaccine mandates and state law SB277 to remove nonmedical vaccine exemptions
Dudley M, Zapf A, Delamater P, Proveaux T, Schuh H, Buttenheim A, Schwartz J, Klein N, Goddard K, Patel K, Omer S, Salmon D. Attitudes of California school personnel on potential COVID-19 vaccine mandates and state law SB277 to remove nonmedical vaccine exemptions. Vaccine 2025, 52: 126888. PMID: 39985971, PMCID: PMC11975493, DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.126888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSchool immunization requirementsImmunization requirementsMedical exemptionsSchool personnelPotential COVID-19 vaccinesInvolvement of school nursesExemptionNonmedical exemptionsElementary school personnelNonmedical vaccine exemptionsSenate Bill 277California schoolsVaccine exemptionsSchool principalsSchoolSchool nursesEnforcementPersonnelCOVID-19 vaccineSB277SenatePositive impact
2020
Mandatory Vaccination in Europe
Vaz OM, Ellingson MK, Weiss P, Jenness SM, Bardají A, Bednarczyk RA, Omer SB. Mandatory Vaccination in Europe. 2020, 145: e20190620. PMID: 31932361, PMCID: PMC7011108, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2019-0620.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercentage point higher prevalenceHigh vaccination coverageMandatory vaccinationVaccination coverageHigh prevalenceMeasles incidenceLow measles incidencePertussis vaccine coverageVaccine-preventable diseasesNonmedical exemptionsMandatory vaccination policiesWorld Health OrganizationPertussis vaccinationMeasles vaccinationAnnual incidenceVaccine coveragePertussis incidenceSubsequent incidenceVaccination policyVaccinationDisease preventionSignificant associationIncidenceHealth OrganizationLinear regression models
2017
Achieving an Optimal Childhood Vaccine Policy
Opel DJ, Schwartz JL, Omer SB, Silverman R, Duchin J, Kodish E, Diekema DS, Marcuse EK, Orenstein W. Achieving an Optimal Childhood Vaccine Policy. JAMA Pediatrics 2017, 171: 893-896. PMID: 28672396, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2017.1868.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine-preventable diseasesNonmedical exemptionsSchool immunization requirementsImmunization rates
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