ReviewPathogens and global health2019
Mandatory vaccination for infants and children: the Italian experience.
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- Health Conditions and Risk Factors in TROVAILMIOVACCINO Users: A Study Promoting Adult Vaccination.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Trends in pediatric vaccination coverage in Italy from 2000 to 2023.European journal of public health · 2025Article
- Childhood Immunization Coverage Before, During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Interrupted time series analysis to evaluate the impact of COVID-19-pandemic on the incidence of notifiable infectious diseases in the Lazio region, Italy.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Preparedness and response to the international poliovirus and diphtheria reintroduction alert: public health interventions and strategy review in the Veneto Region, Italy.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Childhood Mandatory Vaccinations: Current Situation in European Countries and Changes Occurred from 2014 to 2024.Vaccines · 2024Review
- Individual and social determinants of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and uptake in Northwest Syria.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- [The new 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for the prevention ofJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene · 2023Article
- Correcting vaccine misinformation: A failure to replicate familiarity or fear-driven backfire effects.PloS one · 2023Article
- The dramatic increase in anti-vaccine discourses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a social network analysis of Twitter.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2022Article
- A Historical Review of Military Medical Strategies for Fighting Infectious Diseases: From Battlefields to Global Health.Biomedicines · 2022Review
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- Improved Temporal Trends of Vaccination Coverage Rates in Childhood after the Mandatory Vaccination Act, Italy 2014-2019.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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- Developing an Evidence-Based Tool for Planning and Evaluating Vaccination Strategies Aimed at Improving Coverage in Elderly and At-Risk Adult Population.Frontiers in public health · 2021Review
- Determinants of vaccine hesitancy and effectiveness of vaccination counseling interventions among a sample of the general population in Palermo, Italy.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2020Article
- Knowledge and attitudes of parents after the implementation of mandatory vaccination in kindergartens of Palermo, Italy.Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis · 2020Article
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Abstract
Maintaining high vaccination coverage is important in order to protect the individual and the community. Mandatory vaccination is an option in case of declining coverage. Widely used in the USA, it is considered a rather controversial issue in Europe. In Italy, after a decrease of vaccination coverage for the hexavalent and the MPR vaccine under the optimal threshold, a new law, which extended the number of mandatory vaccines from 4 to 10 and reinforced coercive measures, was introduced in July 2017. After 2 years, vaccination coverage increased for all mandatory vaccines and for the other two recommended vaccines (anti-pneumococcal and anti-meningococcal C). Although it is not possible to disentangle the role of other factors contributing to the positive outcome, consistently with the results of studies conducted in the USA, vaccine mandates appeared to be successful in increasing vaccination coverage in Italy. The long-term sustainability of the effect of mandatory vaccination and the potential negative drawbacks of the coercive measures need to be evaluated to generate scientific evidence in public health.
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