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| Douglas OpelSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Characterizing providers' immunization communication practices during health supervision visits with vaccine-hesitant parents: a pilot studyDouglas 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...
Professionalism and the match: a pediatric residency program's postinterview no-call policy and its impact on applicantsDouglas 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...
A critique of criteria for evaluating vaccines for inclusion in mandatory school immunization programsDouglas J Opel
Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics, Children s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA
Pediatrics 122:e504-10. 2008....
Social marketing as a strategy to increase immunization ratesDouglas 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...
Characterisation of organisational issues in paediatric clinical ethics consultation: a qualitative studyD 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...
Development of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parents: the parent attitudes about childhood vaccines surveyDouglas 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...
Validity and reliability of a survey to identify vaccine-hesitant parentsDouglas 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...
Washington State pediatricians' attitudes toward alternative childhood immunization schedulesAaron 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...
