Outcomes, Approaches, and Challenges to Developing and Passing a Countywide Mandatory Vaccination Policy: St. Louis County’s Experience with Hepatitis A Vaccine for Food Service Personnel

Outcomes, Approaches, and Challenges to Developing and Passing a Countywide Mandatory Vaccination Policy: St. Louis County’s Experience with Hepatitis A Vaccine for Food Service Personnel

In the early 1990s, St. Louis County had multiple foodservice worker-related hepatitis A outbreaks uncontrolled by standard outbreak interventions. Restaurant interest groups and the general public applied political pressure to local public health officials for more stringent interventions, includin...

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Main Authors: Kristin D. Wilson, Travis Loux, Olivia Peavler, Ayesha Z. Iqbal, Terri Rebmann, Eleanor B. Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2016-03-01
Series:AIMS Public Health
Subjects:
Public Health Policy
Mandatory Vaccination
Immunization
Outbreak control
Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/aimsph/article/685/fulltext.html

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