Should Pediatricians Dismiss Families Who Refuse a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Dong, Elizabeth; Boom, Julie A.; McGuire, Amy L.

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“…Most HCPs, regardless of their clinical expertise, are likely to bene t from developing con dence and skills tailored to handle these types of conversations, and this could increase their self-e cacy and likelihood of recommending vaccines (Garrison et al, 2023b). Moreover, vaccine-speci c communication training may help to combat counterproductive communication habits such as giving information before listening to the patient (Gilkey et al, 2015) or dismissing hesitant patients (Dong et al, 2021). Incorporating tailored vaccine communication into HCPs' training, for example to identify the motivations of patients and align communications with those motivations (Holford et al, in press), would also be in line with the WHO's recommendation to tailor immunisation programmes to understand the perspectives of populations where vaccine coverage is low (Dubé et al, 2018).…”

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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: A qualitative study

Holford,

Anderson,

Biswas

et al. 2024

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Background: Healthcare professionals (HCPs) can play an important role in encouraging patients and their caregivers to be vaccinated. The objective of this qualitative study was to investigate HCPs’ perspectives on challenges in vaccine communication and unmet training needs in this domain. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 HCPs (mainly nurses and physicians) with vaccination roles (23 in England; 18 in France), gathering information on: (1) HCPs’ approach to vaccine conversations with patients; (2) Challenges of communicating about vaccines; (3) Vaccine-related training and learning resources available to HCPs, and ; (4) HCPs’ training needs around vaccine communication. Results: HCPs described a range of communication experiences that indicated insufficient time, information, and skills to confidently navigate difficult conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients. Communication skills were especially important to avoid conflict that could potentially damage the patient-provider relationship. Some HCPs interviewed had received communication training, but for most, this training was not specific to vaccination. Although general communication skills were transferable to vaccine conversations, most HCPs welcomed specific training and informational resources to support countering patients’ misconceptions or misinformation about vaccines. Conclusions: HCPs would benefit from training tailored to address vaccine communication with patients, and this should be part of a systemic approach that also provides time and space to have effective vaccine conversations.

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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: A qualitative study

Holford,

Anderson,

Biswas

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: a qualitative study

Holford,

Anderson,

Biswas

et al. 2024

BMC Prim. Care

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Background Healthcare professionals (HCPs) can play an important role in encouraging patients and their caregivers to be vaccinated. The objective of this qualitative study was to investigate HCPs’ perspectives on challenges in vaccine communication and unmet training needs in this domain. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 41 HCPs (mainly nurses and physicians) with vaccination roles (23 in England; 18 in France), gathering information on: (1) HCPs’ approach to vaccine conversations with patients; (2) Challenges of communicating about vaccines; (3) Vaccine-related training and learning resources available to HCPs, and; (4) HCPs’ training needs around vaccine communication. Results HCPs described a range of communication experiences that indicated insufficient time, information, and skills to confidently navigate difficult conversations with vaccine-hesitant patients. Communication skills were especially important to avoid conflict that could potentially damage the patient-provider relationship. Some HCPs interviewed had received communication training, but for most, this training was not specific to vaccination. Although general communication skills were transferable to vaccine conversations, most HCPs welcomed specific training and informational resources to support countering patients’ misconceptions or misinformation about vaccines. Conclusions HCPs would benefit from training tailored to address vaccine communication with patients, and this should be part of a systemic approach that also provides time and space to have effective vaccine conversations.

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Should Pediatricians Dismiss Families Who Refuse a COVID-19 Vaccine?

Cited by 2 publications

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Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: A qualitative study

Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: A qualitative study

Healthcare professionals’ perceptions of challenges in vaccine communication and training needs: a qualitative study

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