Publication · Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health · 2026
No Jab, No Access? Preferences for Vaccine Mandates in Europe and Australia
Mesfin Genie; Fabio I. Martinenghi; Francesco Paolucci; Jonathan Lake; Katie Attwell; Christopher C. Blyth; Jessica Kaufman; Margie Danchin; Jeremy K. Ward; Teresa Gavaruzzi (2026). No Jab, No Access? Preferences for Vaccine Mandates in Europe and Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1016/j.anzjph.2026.100450
In plain language
A vaccine mandate is a bundle of design choices, and public support depends on the design rather than being all-or-nothing. This work examines preferences for mandate designs across European countries and Australia.
Research question
What vaccine-mandate designs does the public support across Europe and Australia, and what are people willing to accept in return for what?
Approach
A discrete choice experiment on vaccine-mandate designs. This output is a published conference abstract associated with the Communicable Diseases and Immunisation Conference (CDIC 2026).
Contribution
It maps how support for mandates shifts with design, and where it differs across settings, moving the debate beyond a simple for-or-against framing.
Why it matters
It informs the design of vaccine policies that are both effective and acceptable, and connects to the MandEval programme and the eMANDEVAL tool.
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