Childhood immunizations: Mississippi's mandatory school immunization law
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Issue brief (Center for Mississippi Health Policy)
- Contributor(s):
- Center for Mississippi Health Policy, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Jackson, Mississippi, : Center for Mississippi Health Policy, November 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Immunization Programs -- legislation & jurisprudence Mandatory Programs Schools Vaccination Child Communicable Disease Control -- legislation & jurisprudence Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Vaccines -- therapeutic use Humans Mississippi United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Mississippi law mandates that all children attending school must be vaccinated against certain diseases. All states have similar laws but vary in the number and type of exemptions allowed. This Issue Brief summarizes the scientific literature on the safety and efficacy of childhood immunizations, outlines the legal environment for Mississippi's policies, and examines policy issues related to exemptions.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (4 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101722725 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101722725