“I didn’t know he needed 3 shots today; that seems like a lot!”
Example Conversation
Parent:
“I didn’t know he needed 3 shots today; that seems like a lot!”
HCP:
“I’m sorry we didn’t talk about this more during our last visit. What worries you about vaccinating today?”
Parent:
“Well, they don’t all seem necessary to me. I didn’t get some of these vaccines and I was fine.”
HCP:
“I see why you could think that. But I think it’s worth mentioning that the majority of children have had their recommended childhood vaccinations by age two.8,9,a,b It’s really common and something we strongly recommend at this age.”8,9
*Providing parents with childhood vaccination data from your own practice or geographic area may make this statement more impactful.
aNational Immunization Survey-Child data from survey years 2017–2019 were combined to identify 25,970 children with adequate provider data who were born in 2016 and 2017. Children with at least one vaccination reported by a provider and those who had received no vaccinations were considered to have adequate provider data. Kaplan-Meier (time to event) analysis was used to estimate vaccination coverage for most vaccines by age 24 months while still using information from children whose vaccination status was assessed at age 19–23 months.8
bRecommended vaccinations per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC)’s child and adolescent immunization schedule for ages 18 years or younger.9
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