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SSM Popul Health. 2018 Dec 14;7:100342. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.100342. eCollection 2019 Apr.

The politics of picking: Selective vaccinators and population-level policy.

SSM - population health

Katie Attwell

Affiliations

  1. M257, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
  2. Immunisation Alliance of Western Australia, Cockburn GP SuperClinic, Success, Western Australia 6164, Australia.
  3. Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Disease, Telethon Kids Institute, 100 Roberts Rd, Subiaco, WA 6008, Australia.

PMID: 30793020 PMCID: PMC6370939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2018.100342

Abstract

•Public health systems face tensions between individuals and the collective•Parents who selectively vaccinate demonstrate this tension•Parents in this study want vaccination programs to run differently•Implementing their wishes could put the system at risk.

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