'Childhood vaccine mandates: are they tackling the right problem?'
Undervaccination 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 vaccine mandates in Australia, Italy, France, and California, and why it matters.

REGISTRATION
This talk will be live in-person and online

To register to attend live in-person in Oxford: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/childhood-vaccine-mandates
To register to watch live online on Crowdcast: www.crowdcast.io/e/childhood-vaccine-mandates
Date: 24 January 2023, 12:15 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2023)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: In-person and online
Speaker: Associate Professor Katie Atwell (Visiting Researcher, Vaccines and Society Unit, University of Oxford)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Oxford Martin School (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford Martin School Events
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/childhood-vaccine-mandates/
Audience: Public
Editor: Hannah Mitchell