Child, Youth and Family Safety Research 2022

Child, Youth, and Family Safety: 1
CHILD YOUTH AND FAMILY SAFETY
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Health policies that apply to immunization
The risk of exposure to vaccine-preventable diseases has turned out to be a significant
threat to HealthCare providers at their workplaces. The need for healthcare providers to protect
their patients from contacting these vaccine-preventable diseases forms the primary rationale of
the immunization process. This is done to promote child, youth family safety. False perception
and lack of sufficient knowledge about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines have
influenced communication and acted as barriers of vaccines between the patients and the health
care providers. As a result, the world health organization, the health department in Australia in
support of their local government, did research and then came up with recommendations that,
during their implementation, eventually became policies to facilitate vaccination programs across
the country and promoted the safety health standards for the children, youths and families (Kufel,
Williams, and Weber, 2017. P199-203). It contributed a lot to occupational medicine and
infection prevention control within healthcare facilities in Australia. This paper seeks to identify
and discuss child, youth, and family concerning health policies that apply to the immunization
process in Australia.
The following are some of the policies that were initiated to cater to the child and youth
safety in Australia. One, “No Job No Pay” policy which was introduced in 20l6. This policy was
initiated to help manage the families' welfare in terms of payment of the labor force they offer to
the healthcare facilities. This policy was formulated to advocate for the employees in the
healthcare departments whose motivation for good work was undermined. The health
departments had to come up with a strategy that acts as a pacesetter for free rewards. The "No
Job No Pay" policy was initiated in 2016 to replace the nonmedical exceptions that hindered
some families from accessing the vaccination services. The parental support to their kids' health

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was to be gauged in that line by supporting the "No Job No Pay" policy and to find out to what
extent it impacted on the parental attitude with regards to vaccination especially for the tax
benefit reliant families (Gostin, 2015, p1099). To ensure that this policy was effectively
implemented, an online survey was conducted to both parents and children under the age of five
years in Australia. The children were assessed based on parental knowledge on perception of
childhood vaccination and the understanding of the “No Job No Pay” policy.
The doctors were distributed all over the country to meet the health demands of the
Australian people. Concerning immunization, the nurse training, motivation, and proper
equipment were dealt with the employment board who made sure that all the facilities were
provided for. The “No Job No Pay” took off with immediate effect from 2016 after enactment by
the public. It offered a monetary reward to the health providers on an appraisal of the Australian
Childhood Immunization Register. Moreover, it gave financial motivation to providers who
attended to fully aged children who received the vaccination. It was concluded that monetary and
non-monetary incentives could be used to improve immunization uptake, especially when given
healthcare providers.
From the survey, a total of 432 parents completed the study. The majority of the parents
filled in details of having taken their children for vaccination or will be taking them shortly. This
is a good enough report to indicate that the parents have adopted the policy. Statistically, 82% of
the parents were well conversant with the "No Job No Pay" policy. They had a belief that
vaccine-preventable diseases are significantly risking the health outcomes of their young ones.
This was noted mainly when they are unvaccinated in the right and expected time (Kufel,
Williams, and Weber, 2017. P199-203). The parents that entirely depended on the financial relief