Motivational Interviewing and Vaccine Hesitancy in Children

The MOTIVE tool incorporates the principles of motivational interviewing (MI) and provides a flowchart approach in which parental health beliefs have a corresponding MI-based strategy to further explore and/or address the hesitancy. The tool was developed from interviews with pediatricians and pediatric pharmacists, a review of the literature focusing on vaccine health beliefs, and the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines (PACV) Survey Tool. The tool was reviewed by multiple providers and feedback was provided on its usability in clinical practice when interacting with vaccine-hesitant parents and/or caregivers. The tool was then modified based on this feedback. Pediatric providers will complete four educational sessions on vaccine hesitancy, MI, and the use of the MOTIVE tool in clinical practice prior implementation.