Paeds Vivas · preventive-and-community-paediatrics
Vaccine hesitancy and risk communication — branching viva
Branching structured oral on hesitancy definition, 3Cs, recommendation style, myth response, refusal ethics and regional context.
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RACP General PaediatricsRACP DCEMRCPCH ClinicalRCPSC Pediatrics
Prompt
You are the paediatric registrar in a community clinic. A parent of a healthy infant wants to delay vaccines. The examiner will challenge definitions, communication technique and ethics.
Stem
Healthy 8-week-old. No vaccines yet. Parent: "We are not against vaccines — we just want to do more research online first." Vaccines are available today.[3]
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- [2]Opel DJ, Mangione-Smith R The Influence of Provider Communication Behaviors on Parental Vaccine Acceptance and Visit Experience. American journal of public health, 2015.PMID 25790386
- [3]Nyhan B, Reifler J Effective messages in vaccine promotion: a randomized trial. Pediatrics, 2014.PMID 24590751
- [4]Diekema DS Responding to parental refusals of immunization of children. Pediatrics, 2005.PMID 15867060
- [5]Healy CM, Montesinos DP Parent and provider perspectives on immunization: are providers overestimating parental concerns? Vaccine, 2014.PMID 24315883
- [6]Brewer NT, Chapman GB Increasing Vaccination: Putting Psychological Science Into Action. Psychological science in the public interest : a journal of the American Psychological Society, 2017.PMID 29611455