Previsit Screening to Identify Vaccine-Hesitant Parents

Addressing parents' concerns about childhood vaccination is an important part of pediatric care. Factors that potentially affect having meaningful discussions with parents about vaccination include knowing which parents are vaccine-hesitant and having time during visits to address their concerns.

To determine the impact of identifying vaccine-hesitant parents prior to an office visit, researchers conducted a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial involving 156 parents who were identified as vaccine-hesitant by the use of a 4-item version of the Parent Attitudes About Childhood Vaccines Survey (PACV). Of these parents, 65 were assigned to an intervention that entailed completing the 15-item PACV prior to their child's 2- and 6-month visits…