@article {Cardinal:2019:2326-4403:472,
title = "Health Policy Considerations in Texas Measles Outbreaks Past and Present",
journal = "Health Behavior and Policy Review",
parent_itemid = "infobike://psp/hbpr",
publishercode ="psp",
year = "2019",
volume = "6",
number = "5",
publication date ="2019-09-01T00:00:00",
pages = "472-479",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "2326-4403",
eissn = "2326-4403",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/psp/hbpr/2019/00000006/00000005/art00006",
doi = "doi:10.14485/HBPR.6.5.6",
keyword = "HEALTH POLICY, MEASLES, GIS, MATURE MINOR DOCTRINE, VACCINATION LAWS, DISEASE OUTBREAK",
author = "Cardinal, Christine and Scarbrough, Amanda and Ratnapradipa, Dhitinut",
abstract = "
Objective: In this study, we analyzed the effects of vaccination policy on measles cases in Texas. Methods: We examined secondary data extracted from the Texas State Department of Health Services and previous literature analyses pertaining to Texas measles outbreaks. Results:
There is evidence of increasing vaccine exemption rates and increasing measles cases in the same counties in Texas during the last 3 outbreaks in Texas. Conclusion: Legislation and parental education on vaccines is an effective tool to raise vaccination rates; more research is necessary
to identify geographic clusters with higher exemption rates to target and tailor parental educational efforts for vaccination rate improvement.",
}