Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. "Global Childhood vaccine mandates: are they tackling the right problem?"- (May 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107838 107838-21817095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: University Hospitals
Organized By: Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM)

Undervaccination in high income countries results from both deliberate vaccine refusal and access or logistical problems. These barriers are commonly thought to affect very different social groups. However, popular and political discourse emphasises the vaccine refusing parent as the policy target of new vaccine mandates. Discourses around the need for strict mandatory policies may or may not acknowledge disadvantaged populations facing access problems, and the policies themselves may or may not differentiate between underserved populations and those who deliberately refuse vaccines. This talk explores how these two distinct categories of under-vaccinated populations are treated within new mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California, and why it matters.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Apr 2023 10:42:52 -0400 2023-05-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-05-03T13:00:00-04:00 University Hospitals Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM) Lecture / Discussion 5-3 event