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“That’s a tricky question”: perceptions of mandatory vaccination among parents and paediatricians in Austria

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  • Hansl, Nora
  • Paul, Katharina T.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and recurrent outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases highlight the need to improve vaccine uptake. Vaccine mandates constitute prominent policy instruments that promise a quick increase in coverage. Yet mandates are difficult to implement and bear the potential to increase resistance and polarisation, while diminishing trust. Against this background, studying perceptions towards mandates of groups directly affected by mandates is key to sustainable vaccination governance

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  • Hansl, Nora & Paul, Katharina T., 2025. "“That’s a tricky question”: perceptions of mandatory vaccination among parents and paediatricians in Austria," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:157:y:2025:i:c:s0168851025000879
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105331
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