2590 - Vaccine Hesitancy in Caregivers of Pediatric Patients

Sunday, April 24, 2022

1:00 PM – 2:30 PM US MT

Location: Convention Center: 403

CE: Live CME: 1.5

Course Number: 2590

Leader(s)

Ashley Stephens, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York, United States

Co-Leader(s)

Leora Mogilner, MD (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
Natasha Ramsey, MD, MPH

Adolescent Medicine Fellow
NYP-Columbia University
New York, New York, United States
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Kristin Oliver, MD, MHS

Associate Professor
Environmental Medicine and Public Health
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, United States
Nisaa Chaudhry

Undergraduate Public Health and Health Promotion Student
American University, United States
Oriana Parsa

High School Student
The High School for Math, Science and Engineering
New York, New York, United States

Participants should be aware of the following financial/non-financial relationships:

Ashley B. Stephens, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Leora Mogilner, MD: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Natasha Ramsey, MD, MPH: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Kristin Oliver, MD, MHS: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Nisaa I. Chaudhry: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

Oriana I. Parsa: I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.

We will start the workshop with introductions. Then, Dr. Stephens, Dr. Oliver, Dr. Ramsey, and Dr. Mogilner will give a brief didactic presentation to inform participants about the history of vaccine hesitancy and an overview of motivational interviewing. Facilitators will then give the groups several cases involving vaccine hesitant families and ask how the groups would respond to the parent’s questions. For the first case, we will ask for volunteers to act out the case in front of the group. We will then allow the group to reflect on things went and what could be improved for the next case. Then, groups will act out other scenarios at their tables and come up with themes of how to respond to certain issues that commonly come up such as vaccine safety, side effects, conspiracy theories, etc. To provide additional context on vaccine hesitancy, student ambassadors Oriana Parsa and Nisaa Chaudhry will reflect on their experiences reaching adolescents about vaccination through social media campaigns that they manage. They will also discuss their perspectives on engaging teenagers and their parents in making joint decisions about vaccinations. We will allow audience members to ask them questions about their perspectives and we will have the audience come up with a few social media posts that the students will give feedback on to make sure that an adolescent audience would be engaged by the posts. Then participants will share resources they use when speaking with patients about vaccination. Closing remarks will summarize key points.