The AIMS approach: regulating receptivity in patient-provider vaccine conversations.

The World Health Organization named vaccine hesitancy a leading global health threat of modern time. Addressing this public health issue requires a multi-front strategy, one such strategic effort is training health care professionals to respond to reluctant patients/caregivers or those who refuse vaccines. AIMS (Announce, Inquire, Mirror, and Secure) is designed to help HCPs engaged in more productive conversations with patients/caregivers to secure trust, a key behavior leading to higher vaccination rates.

Evolution and expansion of the One Health approach to promote sustainable and resilient health and well-being: A call to action.

One Health is a transdisciplinary approach used to address complex concerns related to human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health. One Health frameworks and operational tools are available to support countries and communities, particularly for the prevention and control of zoonotic diseases and antimicrobial resistance and the protection of food safety. However, One Health has yet to be implemented in a manner that fully considers the complexities and interconnectedness of the diverse influences that have impacts at a larger system level.

Standardized Vaccine-Hesitant Patients in the Assessment of the Effectiveness of Vaccine Communication Training.

Objectives: To determine if training residents in a structured communication method elicits specific behaviors in a laboratory model of interaction with vaccine-hesitant parents.

Study Design: Standardized patients portraying vaccine-hesitant parents were used to assess the effectiveness of training in the Announce, Inquire, Mirror, Secure (AIMS) Method for Healthy Conversations. Blinded pediatric residents were pseudorandomized to receive AIMS or control training and underwent pre- and post-training encounters with blinded standardized patients.

Vaccine hesitancy communication: What counts as evidence.

The evidence base for vaccine hesitancy communication is generally confined to research focused on the content of the message rather than the process of communication. This has important consequences, because shifting focus to encompass the process of communicating, and not just on the content of content message being conveyed; opens the possibility of greater insight and understanding regarding the conversation health care workers have with those who are vaccine hesitant, creating increased chances of acceptance.

Exploring the association between dispositional cancer worry, perceived risk, and physical activity among college women.

Objective: In this study, the authors explored the association between dispositional cancer worry (DCW), risk perceptions (RP), and physical activity (PA) among college females.

Participants: Four hundred fifty-one females from a midwestern university completed an online survey in September/October 2012.

Methods: DCW severity, DCW frequency, RP, and PA were measured along with qualitative data about PA as cancer prevention.