Previsit Screening for Parental Vaccine Hesitancy: A Cluster Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT: To evaluate the effect of vaccine hesitancy screening on childhood vaccine uptake. We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial in pediatric primary care clinics in Washington state. Vaccine-hesitant parents (VHPs) with a healthy newborn receiving health supervision at participating clinics were eligible. VHPs were identified by using a 4-item version of the validated Parent Attitudes About Childhood Vaccines Survey (PACV). Before their child's 2- and 6-month health supervision visits, VHPs at intervention clinics completed the 15-item PACV embedded in a survey containing placebo items. Intervention providers received a summary of parents' 15-item PACV responses and interpretation of their PACV score; discretion was given to providers regarding how they acted on this information. VHP

SUBMITTER: Opel DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6855815 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature