Best shot: A motivational interviewing approach to address vaccine hesitancy in pediatric outpatient settings.

Background: Vaccine hesitancy in parents and childhood vaccine refusal is increasing. A standard of care to address this problem has not been identified.

Purpose: To identify if the use of motivational interviewing by pediatric providers during routine well child visits, when compared to standard of care, would increase vaccine rates in children 0-12 months of age.