<div dir="ltr"><div>SPP asked me to circulate information on an upcoming talk.<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>***************************************************************<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>"America’s New Vaccine Wars: California and the Politics of Mandates"</b></div><div>Katie Attwell, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia<br><br>Thursday, December 7, 3:30-5:00pm, Highlander Union Building 379:<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Abstract:</b><br>America's New Vaccine Wars is a new release book focusing on recent efforts to eliminate nonmedical exemptions to school and daycare
vaccine mandates. These policy developments have increased immunization
rates, but they have also ignited polarizing, nationwide debates about
parents' rights, democracy, and the authority of the government to use
coercion to promote health. America's New Vaccine Wars is grounded in a
case study of California's efforts to exclude unvaccinated children from
school and daycare following the Disneyland Measles Outbreak of 2014.
It uses original interviews with key policymakers and activists to
explain the development and execution of California's new vaccination
policies. This talk maps out some key considerations of the book for
parents, doctors, and the politics of public health, considering
downstream implications for policymaking and politics during the
COVID-19 pandemic. <b><br></b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Bio:</b><br>Associate
Professor Katie Attwell is a political science and public policy scholar
at the University of Western Australia, where she leads VaxPolLab. She
is an Honorary Fellow of the Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and
Infectious Diseases at Telethon Kids Institute, Perth and is the Chair
of the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation (COSSI),
Australia’s national network of vaccination social science researchers.
A/Prof Attwell is a global expert in vaccine hesitancy and vaccination
policies for childhood and COVID-19 vaccines. Her recent Discovery Early
Career Researcher Award fellowship (DECRA 2019-2022) funded by the
Australian Research Council explored mandatory childhood vaccination
policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. Arising from this
project is her book, co-authored with Mark Navin, entitled America’s New
Vaccine Wars: California and the Politics of Mandates (OUP, 2023).
A/Prof Attwell led the interdisciplinary West Australian project
“Coronavax: Preparing Community and Government”, which engaged in
community and government research for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out,
funded by Wesfarmers and the Health Department of Western Australia.
>From 2023, A/Prof Attwell leads MandEval, a mixed methods and
multi-country study of the implementation and impact of COVID-19 vaccine
mandates in Australia, Italy, France and California, a $4.7 million
dollar project funded by the Medical Research Future Fund of the
Australian Government.</div><div>
<strong></strong><b><br></b></div><div><b>Registration for the event:</b><br></div><div>Eventbrite Link: <strong><a rel="noreferrer" href="https://spp-vaccine-wars.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">https://spp-vaccine-wars.eventbrite.com/</a></strong><br>Zoom Webinar Registration Link: <strong><a rel="noreferrer" href="https://bit.ly/vaccine-wars" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/vaccine-wars</a><br></strong></div><div><strong><br></strong>
</div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>_________________________________________________<br></div>Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH<br></div>Professor of Public Policy<br></div>University of California, Riverside<br></div><div>School of Public Policy<br></div><div>900 University Avenue<br></div><div>Riverside, California 92521 USA<br></div><div><br></div><div>Office: 4157 Interdisciplinary South<br></div><div>Phone: 951-827-5405<br></div>E-mail: <a href="mailto:richard.carpiano@ucr.edu" target="_blank">richard.carpiano@ucr.edu</a><br>Website: <a href="https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/rcarpian" target="_blank">https://profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/profile/rcarpian</a><br></div>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/RMCarpiano" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/RMCarpiano</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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