How to communicate with vaccine-hesitant parents

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Healy, C Mary ^a,b   Pickering, Larry K ^c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care providers; Vaccine safety

Indexed keywords

MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA VACCINE; THIOMERSAL;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNICATION SKILL; DECISION MAKING; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEASLES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT REFUSAL; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

EID: 79955504738     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-1722S     Document Type: Review

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