A pilot study on the effects of individually tailored education for MMR vaccine-hesitant parents on MMR vaccination intention.

ABSTRACT: Healthcare providers need strategies to better address the concerns of vaccine-hesitant parents. We studied whether individually tailored education was more effective than untailored education at improving vaccination intention among MMR vaccine-hesitant parents. In an intervention pilot study of parents (n = 77) of children < 6 y who screened as hesitant to vaccinate against MMR (first or second dose), parents were randomly assigned to receive either (1) educational web pages that were individually tailored to address their specific vaccine concerns; or (2) web pages similar in appearance to the intervention but containing untailored information. The main outcome, change in vaccination intention before and after the intervention, was assessed using an 11-pt scale (higher values indicated

SUBMITTER: Gowda C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3859769 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature