Physician Communication With Vaccine-Hesitant Parents: The Start, Not the End, of the Story.

In this month’s issue of Pediatrics, Henrikson et al report a trial of the impact of communication training for physicians on the vaccine hesitancy of parents. The authors found that a physician-targeted communication intervention did not reduce vaccine hesitancy in mothers nor improve physician confidence compared with standard care. However, the study requires careful interpretation and should be seen as the start, not the end, of the story in finding effective approaches to vaccine hesitancy.