Vaccine hesitancy and risk communication

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Target exams

Red flags

• Unprotected infant during a measles or pertussis outbreak with ongoing delay
• True medical contraindication mislabelled as hesitancy or the reverse
• Hostile encounter with risk of care withdrawal without safety-netting
• Adolescent dissent ignored while only the parent is counselled
• Open-ended 'spread out' plan with no booked return and no documentation
• Shaming, coercion or fabricated absolute safety guarantees

Life stages

Care settings

Clinical exam formats

Board mappings

• General and Community Paediatrics
• Prevention and population health
• Current 2026 PREP curriculum — Learning Objective 1.2.1: Communicate with a child or young person in a way which is appropriate to the position of that child within their own culture
• Current 2026 PREP curriculum — Learning Objective 1.2.2: Communicate with parents or carers
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 5: Clinical assessment – essential general paediatrics
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 6: Clinical management – essential general paediatrics
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 12: Communication with patients, families, and health professionals
• Renewed curriculum for first-year trainees from 2027 — Learning goal 15: Essential general paediatrics
• Clinical Applications
• Population health and prevention
• Long Cases
• Short Cases
• Communication
• 2. Professional skills and knowledge: Communication
• 4. Professional skills and knowledge: Patient management
• 5. Health promotion and illness prevention
• 7. Patient safety, including safe prescribing
• Foundation of Practice (FOP)
• Applied Knowledge in Practice (AKP)
• History
• Clinical
• General Pediatrics Content Outline — Domain 1: Preventive Pediatrics/Well-Child Care
• General Pediatrics EPA 1: Provide a Medical Home for Well Children of All Ages
• General Pediatrics EPA 11: Promoting Equitable Care at the Level of Each Individual Patient and the Population to Address Racism and Other Contributors to Health Inequities
• Patient Care 1: History
• Patient Care 5: Patient Management
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills 1: Patient- and Family-Centered Communication
• Systems-Based Practice 1: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
• Professionalism 1: Professional Behavior and Ethical Principles
• Communicator
• Health Advocate
• Professional
• Pediatrics: Foundations EPA — Providing preventive care including immunisation counselling