Countries around the world, including Australia, are using different ways to get parents to vaccinate their children.

Our new research, published this month in the journal Milbank Quarterly, looks at diverse mandatory vaccination policies across the world.

We explore whether different countries mandate many vaccines, or just a few; if there are sanctions for not vaccinating, such as fines; and how easy it is for parents to get out of vaccinating.

This is part of ongoing research to see what Australia could learn from other countries’ attempts to increase childhood vaccination rates.