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Recognize and Respond: Developing Tailored Communications With Parents To Improve Pediatric Vaccination Coverage

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Recognize and Respond: Developing Tailored Communications With Parents To Improve Pediatric Vaccination Coverage
Format
Interactive Practice Guide
Time to Complete
1.25 hr(s).
Release Date
December 13, 2024
Expires On
December 13, 2025

Pediatric vaccination rates have been declining in recent years. A relatively small percentage of people take a strict anti-vaccination stance regardless of evidence or scientific consensus, but other individuals, classified as “vaccine-hesitant,” are moving toward anti-vaccination, or “vaccine refusal” practices for a variety of reasons, including aggressive misinformation campaigns, lack of understanding of vaccines, distrust of healthcare, and safety concerns. For clinicians, the circumstances are frustrating and the limited amount of time available to spend with patients and parents makes effectively addressing concerns or mitigating distrust difficult.

Given the present landscape, this activity will help clinicians efficiently establish translational practices considerate of the psychological and sociological evidence that underlies pediatric vaccine hesitancy in parents. Watch videos depicting typical conversations between parents and clinicians to learn strategies for addressing vaccine-hesitant parents, and access a range of training materials and resources designed to improve clinical competency in engaging parents in nuanced ways. Reasons for vaccine hesitancy and motivators for change differ among individuals. Find out how to address parents according to their specific questions and concerns to provide the best care possible for your most vulnerable patients today!

This program is intended for pediatricians, primary care providers, pharmacists, and other members of the multidisciplinary team best positioned to discuss pediatric vaccines with parents.

Being unvaccinated is a significant concern for individual health, community health, and public health resource use. Vaccines are among the most effective public health interventions against infectious diseases, but routine vaccination rates for kindergarten children declined during the COVID-19 pandemic and have yet to rebound whereas exemptions from school vaccination requirements have increased, likely contributing to a recent surge in measles and pertussis cases. One reason for the decline in pediatric vaccinations is vaccine hesitancy among parents. Such hesitancy stems from a variety of concerns and misconceptions, often fueled by misinformation campaigns. Overcoming these barriers to vaccination is vital, and recommendations and interventions from healthcare professionals are paramount for vaccine acceptance. Indeed, clinicians play pivotal roles in addressing vaccine hesitancy and encouraging vaccinations and, therefore, must employ optimal strategies in practice to overcome vaccine hesitancy and misinformation. This interactive practice guide provides models for communicating with vaccine-hesitant parents according to their specific questions and concerns; educational modules with important background information and evidence-based discussion strategies; and additional downloadable resources you can use in your practice.

Upon completion of this activity, learners will be able to:
• Review most recent vaccination rates and discuss broader public health implications
• Identify the common myths that are associated with vaccines that undermine pediatric immunizations
• Formulate individualized counseling and communication strategies to improve vaccine uptake among children

Strategies for Communicating With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents 
1. Strategies for addressing a lack of knowledge about vaccines  
2. Strategies for discussing vaccine misconceptions and safety 
3. Strategies for addressing concerns about vaccine necessity  

Educational Modules 
1. Vaccination recommendations and the impact of vaccinating 
2. Reasons for vaccine hesitancy among parents 
3. Communication strategies for overcoming vaccine hesitancy 

Provided by the Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL). 

Supported by an educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc.

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Tina Q. Tan, MD, FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS
Infectious Diseases Attending Physician
Medical Director, International Patient and Destination Services Program 
President, Lurie Medical/Dental Staff
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Professor of Pediatrics
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
President-Elect, Infectious Diseases Society of America
Chicago, IL

The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning (ACHL) requires that the faculty participating in an accredited continuing education activity disclose all affiliations or other financial relationships within 24 months (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with all ineligible companies. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to this activity. 

The following financial relationships have been provided:
Tina Q. Tan, M.D., FAAP, FIDSA, FPIDS
Advisory Board: Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck, Moderna, Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur
Consulting Agreements: Pfizer, Sanofi Pasteur
Grants/Research Support: Glaxo Smith Kline

ACHL staff members and others involved with the planning, development, and review of the content for this activity have no relevant affiliations or financial relationships to disclose.

The content for this activity was developed independently of any ineligible company. All materials are included with permission. The opinions expressed are those of the faculty and are not to be construed as those of the publisher or grantor(s).

This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Recommendations involving clinical medicine in a continuing medical education (CME/CE) activity must be based on evidence that is accepted within the profession of medicine as adequate justification for their indications and contraindications in the care of patients. All scientific research referred to, reported, or used in CME/CE in support or justification of a patient care recommendation must conform to the generally accepted standards of experimental design, data collection, and analysis.

This CME/CE activity might describe the off-label, investigational, or experimental use of medications and/or devices that may exceed their FDA-approved labeling. Physicians should consult the current manufacturers’ prescribing information for these products. ACHL requires the speaker to disclose that a product is not labeled for the use under discussion.

Discussion of scientific information on unapproved uses (SIUU), off-label, investigational, or experimental drug/device use: none

To receive credit, learners are required to complete the pretest, view the online activity, and complete the posttest and evaluation. To receive credit, 75% must be achieved on the posttest. A certificate will be immediately available. There is no fee to participate in the activity or for the generation of the certificate.

The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurses may participate in this educational activity and earn a certificate of completion as AAPA, AANP, and ANCC accept AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM through their reciprocity agreements.

The Academy for Continued Healthcare Learning is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 

This activity has been approved for 1.25 contact hours.

ACPE Universal Activity Number: 0396-0000-24-027-H06-P
Activity Type: Application
Release Date: 12/13/2024

Expiration Date: 12/13/2025

CPE credit will be submitted to CPE Monitor® on the first business day of each month.

Karen Catino
kcatino@achlcme.org
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