Douglas Opel

Summary

Affiliation: University of Washington
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Characterizing providers' immunization communication practices during health supervision visits with vaccine-hesitant parents: a pilot study
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    Vaccine 30:1269-75. 2012
  2. ncbi Professionalism and the match: a pediatric residency program's postinterview no-call policy and its impact on applicants
    Douglas Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Metropolitan Park West, M S MPW 8 2, 1100 Olive Way, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e826-31. 2007
  3. ncbi A critique of criteria for evaluating vaccines for inclusion in mandatory school immunization programs
    Douglas J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e504-10. 2008
  4. ncbi Social marketing as a strategy to increase immunization rates
    Douglas J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:432-7. 2009
  5. ncbi Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative study
    D J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
    J Med Ethics 35:477-82. 2009
  6. ncbi Development of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents: the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
    Hum Vaccin 7:419-25. 2011
  7. ncbi Validity and reliability of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States
    Vaccine 29:6598-605. 2011
  8. ncbi Washington State pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules
    Aaron Wightman
    Seattle Children s Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 128:1094-9. 2011

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Publications8

  1. ncbi Characterizing providers' immunization communication practices during health supervision visits with vaccine-hesitant parents: a pilot study
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA
    Vaccine 30:1269-75. 2012
    ..To determine the feasibility of using direct observation of provider-parent immunization discussions and to characterize provider communication practices with vaccine-hesitant parents...
  2. ncbi Professionalism and the match: a pediatric residency program's postinterview no-call policy and its impact on applicants
    Douglas Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Metropolitan Park West, M S MPW 8 2, 1100 Olive Way, Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 120:e826-31. 2007
    ..To avoid issues around miscommunication, the University of Washington Pediatric Residency Program instituted a postinterview no-call policy with applicants. The purpose of this study was to determine this policy's impact on applicants...
  3. ncbi A critique of criteria for evaluating vaccines for inclusion in mandatory school immunization programs
    Douglas J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 122:e504-10. 2008
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  4. ncbi Social marketing as a strategy to increase immunization rates
    Douglas J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children s Hospital, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
    Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 163:432-7. 2009
    ..As an example, we provide a synopsis of a social marketing campaign that is currently in development in Washington state and that is aimed at increasing timely immunizations in children from birth to age 24 months...
  5. ncbi Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative study
    D J Opel
    Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Seattle Children s Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
    J Med Ethics 35:477-82. 2009
    ..This represents a missed opportunity to improve quality of care "upstream". The purpose of this study was to understand better which organisational issues may contribute to ethics concerns...
  6. ncbi Development of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents: the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines survey
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA USA
    Hum Vaccin 7:419-25. 2011
    ..Conclusions: The Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines survey was constructed using qualitative methodology to identify vaccine-hesitant parents and has content and face validity. Further psychometric testing is needed...
  7. ncbi Validity and reliability of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents
    Douglas J Opel
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States
    Vaccine 29:6598-605. 2011
    ..To assess the construct validity and reliability of the Parent Attitudes about Childhood Vaccines survey...
  8. ncbi Washington State pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedules
    Aaron Wightman
    Seattle Children s Hospital Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
    Pediatrics 128:1094-9. 2011
    ..To determine the frequency of parents' requests for alternative childhood immunization schedules (ACISs) and pediatricians' comfort with and willingness to use ACISs...