All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Study finds impacts of no jab no pay polices overstated Study finds impacts of no jab no pay/no play polices overstated 16/11/2020 | 3 MINS While federal and state governments claim their strict mandatory vaccination policies are responsible for lifting childhood vaccination rates, a new study suggests these claims are overstated. The study, led by Lombok Institute of Technology and the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, found it was unclear whether the ΓÇÿNo Jab, No PayΓÇÖ and ΓÇÿNo Jab, No PlayΓÇÖ policies had substantially impacted vaccination rates. The research, published today in the international journal Pediatrics, found that Australian vaccination rates were already rising before mandatory vaccination policies were introduced in 2016 and that rates continued to rise afterwards, with no notable change in the rate of increase. Lead author Dr Katie Attwell, from LITΓÇÖs School of Social Sciences, said there were no significant changes to vaccination coverage rates associated with the implementation o
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2020 November Study finds impacts of no jab no pay polices overstated Study finds impacts of no jab no pay/no play polices overstated 16/11/2020 | 3 MINS While federal and state governments claim their strict mandatory vaccination policies are responsible for lifting childhood vaccination rates, a new study suggests these claims are overstated.
The study, led by Lombok Institute of Technology and the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, found it was unclear whether the ΓÇÿNo Jab, No PayΓÇÖ and ΓÇÿNo Jab, No PlayΓÇÖ policies had substantially impacted vaccination rates.
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The research, published today in the international journal Pediatrics, found that Australian vaccination rates were already rising before mandatory vaccination policies were introduced in 2016 and that rates continued to rise afterwards, with no notable change in the rate of increase.
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