the Peer Review

the Peer Review

Choose two peers and review their abstracts using the Peer Review Checklist found in the Peer Review Guidelines and Rubric document.

Peer 1 Response:

Kristi Sullivan posted

Vaccinating children from birth to college age is an important party of herd immunity in your local community. Parents are still hesitant about giving vaccines because of the whole story about the link to Autism.Providers are struggling with the parents refusing or delaying childhood vaccines and its causing eradicated diseases to resurface, along with all people coming from different countries.

Aims and objectives: Vaccinating children on a timely schedule from newborn to college age

Is the purpose clearly stated?  The purpose of this article is to examine the most common concerns surrounding vaccine hesitancy and outline strategies for pediatric providers to address concerns with parents in the clinical setting.

Background: Does the author offer background on the subject?  The author shows the statistics of the 644 new cases of measles, 17,325 cases of pertussis, and the 42% of patients who don’t get the flu shot.

Methods: Are the methods clearly stated? What type of method did the author use?  The methods used are providers and other staff giving information about the safety and validity of keeping a vaccine schedule. They will provide any education to parents and VIS sheets that explain all of the possible side effects of each vaccine. They will start to educate parents as early as prenatal visits on the importance of a timely vaccine schedule.

Results: Are the results valid and reliable?  The results are valid and reliable because they got statistics from CDC.

Conclusions: Are the conclusions clearly stated and are they informed by the results?  

The conclusions were clearly stated that providers need to encourage parents to vaccinate to preserve herd immunity.Providers also need to continue to educate parents on every visit explaining the risks and benefits of vaccines.

Relevance to clinical practice: Does the author state the relevance to clinical practice? The author states relevance to clinical practice by how the providers continue to struggle with hesitancy to give vaccines to children. There has to be constant reminders and education about how important it is to keep the children, their families and community healthy.

 

Reference

Barrows, M. A., Coddington, J. A., Richards, E. A., & Aaltonen, P. M. (n.d.). Parental Vaccine Hesitancy: Clinical Implications for Pediatric Providers. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC HEALTH CARE, 29(4), 385–394. https://doi-org.ezproxy.snhu.edu/10.1016/j.pedhc.2015.04.019

Peer 2 Response:

Laura Feigenbaum posted