Clinician-parent discussions about influenza vaccination of children and their association with vaccine acceptance

Autor: Morgan Cunningham, Katherine Lepere, Douglas J. Opel, Jeffrey D. Robinson, Nicole Etsekson, Annika M. Hofstetter
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Popis: Objective To examine how clinicians communicate with parents about influenza vaccination and the effect of these communication behaviors on parental vaccine decision-making. Study design We performed a secondary analysis of data obtained from a cross-sectional observational study in which health supervision visits between pediatric clinicians and English-speaking parents of young children were videotaped. Eligible visits occurred during the 2011–2012 and 2013–2014 influenza seasons, included children ≥6 months, and contained an influenza vaccine discussion. A coding scheme of 10 communication behaviors was developed and applied to each visit. Associations between clinician communication behaviors and parental verbal vaccine acceptance and parental visit experience were examined using bivariate analysis and generalized linear mixed models. Results Fifty visits involving 17 clinicians from 8 practices were included in analysis. The proportion of parents who accepted influenza vaccine was higher when clinicians initiated influenza vaccine recommendations using presumptive rather than participatory formats (94% vs. 28%, p
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