Supporting US healthcare providers for successful vaccine communication.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many healthcare providers (HCPs) have navigated patients' vaccine concerns and questions prior to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines, sentiments surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines have presented new and distinct challenges.

Objective

To understand the provider experience of counseling patients about COVID-19 vaccinations, aspects of the pandemic environment that impacted vaccine trust, and communication strategies providers found supportive of patient vaccine education.

Methods

7 focus groups of healthcare providers were conducted and recorded during December 2021 and January 2022, at the height of the Omicron wave in the United States. Recordings were transcribed, and iterative coding and analysis was applied.

Results

44 focus group participa

SUBMITTER: Pierz AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10152412 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature