Eliciting youth and adult recommendations through citizens’ juries to improve school based adolescent immunisation programs
| Autor: | Helen Marshall, Maree O'Keefe, Claudia Proeve, S. Rachel Skinner, Rebecca Tooher, Joanne Collins, Maureen Watson, Teresa Burgess, Heather Ashmeade, Annette J Braunack-Mayer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Public policy Public opinion Young Adult Patient Education as Topic Jury Informed consent South Australia Humans Medicine media_common Medical education Informed Consent Schools General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology Immunization Programs business.industry Vaccination Community Participation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health services research Middle Aged Stratified sampling Market research Infectious Diseases Incentive Public Opinion Patient Compliance Molecular Medicine Female Health Services Research business |
| Zdroj: | Vaccine. 32:2434-2440 |
| ISSN: | 0264-410X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.098 |
| Popis: | Objectives Completion of adolescent immunisation schedules in Australia is sub-optimal despite a well-established school based delivery program. The aim of this study was to seek adolescent and adult views on how existing adolescent school based immunisation policy and program delivery could be improved to increase adolescent immunisation uptake. Method Two citizens’ juries held separately, one with adolescent participants and one with adult participants deliberated on recommendations for public policy. Jury members were selected using a stratified sampling technique and recruited from a standing panel of community research participants through a market research company in South Australia. Juries were conducted in Metropolitan South Australia over two days and used university facilities with all meals and refreshments provided. Results Fifteen adults and 16 adolescents participated in the adult and youth juries respectively. Similar recommendations were made by both juries including increased ensuring the accuracy of information provided to adolescents and parents; employing a variety of formats for information delivery; and greater consideration of students’ physical and emotional comfort in order to improve the experience for adolescents. While the youth jury recommended that it should be compulsory for adolescents to receive vaccines through the school based immunisation program, the adult jury recommended an ‘opt-out’ system of consent. Both juries also recommended the use of incentives to improve immunisation uptake and immunisation course completion. Conclusions Eliciting adolescent views and including the perspectives of adolescents in discussions and development of strategies to improve engagement in the school based immunisation program provided valuable insight from the group most impacted by these policies and practices. Specifically, incorporation of adolescent and community views using citizens’ juries may lead to greater overall support from the community as their values and needs are more accurately reflected. |
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