Ready or not? School preparedness for California's new personal beliefs exemption law

Highlights • We describe school officials' knowledge of California's new immunization exemption law. • We find an overall low level of awareness and knowledge about the new legislation. • Respondents from high-exemption schools show higher specific knowledge of AB-2109. • Support staff sho...

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Published in:Vaccine 2014-05, Vol.32 (22), p.2563-2569
Main Authors: Wheeler, Marissa, Buttenheim, Alison M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Allergy and Immunology
Applied microbiology
Biological and medical sciences
California
Charters
Confidence intervals
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exemption
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Immunization Programs - organization & administration
Implementation
Information Dissemination
Interviews
Kindergarten
Legislation
Microbiology
Parental rights
Preparedness
Refusal to Participate - legislation & jurisprudence
Religion
School districts
School Health Services
School immunization requirement
Schools
Tax exemptions
Vaccination - legislation & jurisprudence
Vaccines
Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects)
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Summary:Highlights • We describe school officials' knowledge of California's new immunization exemption law. • We find an overall low level of awareness and knowledge about the new legislation. • Respondents from high-exemption schools show higher specific knowledge of AB-2109. • Support staff show lower knowledge compared to health or administrative staff. • Schools need additional information, training and template materials for implementation.
ISSN:0264-410X
1873-2518
DOI:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.03.051