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Wednesday, March 8, 2006: 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

H5: Understanding and Responding to Vaccine Hesitant Parents

Citing results of state-level studies, presenters in this workshop will describe immunization related concerns raised by parents during office visits, identify why parents claim personal exemption to immunization, and identify strategies to address vaccine hesitancy and increase childhood immunizations.
Moderator:Deborah Gust
11:00 AMIntroductory Remarks
11:05 AMImmunization-related Concerns and Characteristics of Parents Who Raise Them During Office Visits
Allison M. Kennedy, Deborah A. Gust, Alan Janssen, Benjamin Schwartz
11:20 AMImmunization Exemption: Taking it Personal
Caroline E. Green, Patrick W. Lee
11:35 AMExperts Forum on How to Respond to Vaccine Hesitant Parents
David Bibus, Krista Rietberg, Lauren Greenfield, Betsy Hubbard, Julie Nugent-Carney, Jeffrey Duchin
11:50 AMDiscussion

The 40th National Immunization Conference (NIC) of CDC