Exemptions From Mandatory Immunization After Legally Mandated Parental Counseling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The success of health care provider counseling-based interventions to address vaccine hesitancy is not clear. In 2011, Washington State implemented Senate Bill 5005 (SB5005), requiring counseling and a signed form from a licensed health care provider to obtain an exemption. Evaluating the impact of a counseling intervention can provide important insight into population-level interventions that focus on interpersonal communication by a health care provider.

Methods

We used segmented regression and interaction and aggregation indices to assess the impact of SB5005 on immunization coverage and exemption rates in Washington State from school years 1997-1998 through 2013-2014.

Results

After SB5005 was implemented, there was a significant relative decrease of 40.

SUBMITTER: Omer SB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7153736 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature