2017 Fall Forum
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Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Hesitancy
We also know from a lot of research that providers and the way that they communicate with families is one of the most influential reasons or factors behind parents’ vaccine decision making.
Accomplishments
The Advancing Adolescent Health Fall Forum identified promising practices that successful immunization programs share, and issued a Position Statement with a Call to Action for healthcare providers (HCPs) to prioritize adolescent immunization:
Immunization should be a high priority during all medical encounters with adolescents
HCPs should proactively discuss all available adolescent vaccines, while listening carefully to parent/teen perspectives
Promising practices for adolescent immunization should be identified and disseminated
Public health efforts should increase access to credible information about vaccine-preventable diseases and adolescent vaccines
Leadership in adolescent immunization should be cultivated at all levels
All front-line healthcare providers should be involved – including those who work in vaccine clinics, doctors’ offices, schools, pharmacies, public health clinics, and community agencies
Immunization should be a high priority during all medical encounters with adolescents
HCPs should proactively discuss all available adolescent vaccines, while listening carefully to parent/teen perspectives
Promising practices for adolescent immunization should be identified and disseminated
Public health efforts should increase access to credible information about vaccine-preventable diseases and adolescent vaccines
Leadership in adolescent immunization should be cultivated at all levels
All front-line healthcare providers should be involved – including those who work in vaccine clinics, doctors’ offices, schools, pharmacies, public health clinics, and community agencies
