{"id":4677,"date":"2026-01-26T08:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2026-03-27T07:53:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T07:53:38","slug":"supporting-health-workers-in-addressing-vaccine-hesitancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/practicalhealthpsychology.com\/fr\/2026\/01\/supporting-health-workers-in-addressing-vaccine-hesitancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Soutenir les professionnels de sant\u00e9 face \u00e0 l&#8217;h\u00e9sitation vaccinale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Par<strong> <\/strong>Dawn Holford, Universit\u00e9 de Bristol, Royaume Uni, Linda Karlsson, Universit\u00e9 de Turku, Finlande, Frederike Taubert, Universit\u00e9 Erfurt, Allemagne, Emma C. Anderson, Universit\u00e9 de Bristol, Royaume Uni, Virginia C. Gould, Universit\u00e9 de Bristol, Royaume Uni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Corriger les mythes concernant la vaccination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La vaccination est l&#8217;un des outils les plus efficaces en mati\u00e8re de sant\u00e9 publique : on estime qu&#8217;elle sauve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/24-04-2024-global-immunization-efforts-have-saved-at-least-154-million-lives-over-the-past-50-years\">6 vies chaque minute<\/a>. Mais les vaccins se heurtent \u00e9galement \u00e0 la r\u00e9sistance du grand public. La d\u00e9sinformation persistante \u00e9branle la confiance de la population dans la vaccination et repr\u00e9sente un d\u00e9fi pour les professionnels de sant\u00e9. Comment peuvent-ils faire face au flot de fausses informations sur les vaccins ? Que peuvent-ils r\u00e9pondre aux patients qui invoquent ces fausses informations pour justifier leur refus de se faire vacciner ou de faire vacciner leurs enfants ?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bien qu&#8217;il puisse \u00eatre tentant de r\u00e9pondre en invoquant les donn\u00e9es factuelles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangecommunication.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DebunkingHandbook2020.pdf\">corriger les id\u00e9es fausses sur les vaccins<\/a>, souvent aliment\u00e9es par la d\u00e9sinformation, n&#8217;est pas aussi simple. Prenons l&#8217;exemple d&#8217;un <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5789217\/\">mythe depuis longtemps discr\u00e9dit\u00e9 concernant les vaccins et l&#8217;autisme<\/a> : malgr\u00e9 des d\u00e9cennies de recherche et de nombreuses preuves d\u00e9montrant l&#8217;absence de lien entre les deux, les professionnels de sant\u00e9 continuent de rencontrer cette pr\u00e9occupation chez les parents. Les mythes de ce type sont \u00ab coriaces \u00bb car <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2023-92406-002.html\">ils jouent sur les craintes sous-jacentes du public, en utilisant des r\u00e9cits forts qui semblent intuitifs \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue<\/a>. Ils peuvent \u00e9galement \u00eatre utilis\u00e9s comme arme par ceux qui ont des <a href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\/research\/the-anti-vaxx-industry\/\">motivations politiques<\/a> pour maintenir ces mythes en circulation dans l&#8217;opinion publique.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alors, que peuvent dire les professionnels de sant\u00e9 \u00e0 quelqu&#8217;un qui a des id\u00e9es fausses sur les vaccins ? Il faut d&#8217;abord comprendre ce qui motive les convictions de cette personne. Imaginons deux parents, Tina et Tom. Tous deux craignent que le syst\u00e8me immunitaire de leurs enfants ne supporte pas toutes les vaccinations recommand\u00e9es. Il s&#8217;agit l\u00e0 d&#8217;une autre erreur courante : en r\u00e9alit\u00e9, les vaccins ne contiennent qu&#8217;une dose infime par rapport \u00e0 la maladie elle-m\u00eame. Pour Tom, cette inqui\u00e9tude est motiv\u00e9e par sa crainte des effets ind\u00e9sirables que chaque vaccin pourrait d\u00e9clencher. Pour Tina, cette inqui\u00e9tude est motiv\u00e9e par sa pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence pour que son enfant ait une forte r\u00e9sistance \u00ab naturelle \u00bb aux maladies. Ces motivations profondes qui sous-tendent l&#8217;inqui\u00e9tude apparente sont connues en psychologie sous le nom de \u00ab <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2017-29745-009.html\">racines de l&#8217;attitude<\/a> \u00bb et peuvent inciter les gens \u00e0 s&#8217;accrocher \u00e0 leurs id\u00e9es fausses lorsqu&#8217;ils sont confront\u00e9s \u00e0 une contradiction factuelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Souvent, nous avons spontan\u00e9ment tendance \u00e0 vouloir corriger imm\u00e9diatement les id\u00e9es fausses que nous entendons chez les autres. Cependant, des \u00e9tudes montrent que lorsque nous validons d&#8217;abord les raisons profondes qui motivent l&#8217;attitude des gens, ceux-ci sont <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2024-59360-001.html\">plus r\u00e9ceptifs aux corrections des mythes sur les vaccins<\/a>, ce qui peut accro\u00eetre leur acceptation de ces derniers. Ainsi, pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la pr\u00e9occupation de Tom, nous pourrions commencer par le rassurer en lui disant qu&#8217;il est normal de vouloir prot\u00e9ger son enfant. En revanche, pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 la pr\u00e9occupation de Tina, il serait peut-\u00eatre pr\u00e9f\u00e9rable de commencer par reconna\u00eetre qu&#8217;il est g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement judicieux d&#8217;\u00e9viter les m\u00e9dicaments inutiles. Apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9tabli un lien avec eux et instaur\u00e9 un climat de confiance, nous pourrons aborder leurs conceptions erron\u00e9es et leur fournir davantage d&#8217;informations sur la vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Comment former les professionnels de sant\u00e9 \u00e0 aborder le sujet des vaccins ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La meilleure fa\u00e7on de lutter contre les id\u00e9es re\u00e7ues sur les vaccins consiste \u00e0 adopter des <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjgh-2024-017142\">approches personnalis\u00e9es et bas\u00e9es sur le dialogue<\/a>. Les personnes qui peuvent s&#8217;adresser \u00e0 des professionnels de sant\u00e9 en qui elles ont confiance pour obtenir des conseils m\u00e9dicaux sont beaucoup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD010038.pub3\/full\">plus susceptibles d&#8217;accepter la vaccination<\/a>. On peut citer comme exemple <a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2024-59360-001.html\">l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif<\/a>, un cadre en quatre \u00e9tapes qui permet de structurer les \u00e9changes sur la vaccination \u00e0 l&#8217;aide de techniques fond\u00e9es sur des donn\u00e9es probantes d\u00e9crites ci-dessus afin d&#8217;instaurer un climat de confiance et de lutter contre les id\u00e9es fausses tout en respectant les motivations profondes des personnes. Cr\u00e9\u00e9 par le projet <a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/\">JITSUVAX<\/a>, cet entretien s&#8217;appuie sur d&#8217;autres approches fond\u00e9es sur le dialogue, telles que <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32281992\/\">l&#8217;entretien motivationnel<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cependant, il n&#8217;est pas toujours facile d&#8217;engager un dialogue respectueux avec les patients au sujet de la vaccination. Les professionnels de sant\u00e9 peuvent <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/10497323251320921\">redouter de provoquer des conflits<\/a> au cours de la discussion. Beaucoup d&#8217;entre eux ne re\u00e7oivent <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11265004\/\">aucune formation<\/a> pour les pr\u00e9parer \u00e0 ce type de conversation. En fait, lorsque les professionnels de sant\u00e9 re\u00e7oivent une formation ou des conseils pour remplir ce r\u00f4le important, ceux-ci reposent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/21645515.2024.2397875\">une approche informative<\/a> consistant \u00e0 fournir des informations factuelles aux patients, ce qui peut en r\u00e9alit\u00e9 \u00eatre contre-productif. Le projet JITSUVAX a interrog\u00e9 des professionnels de sant\u00e9 qui ont d\u00e9crit leur besoin d&#8217;un soutien sp\u00e9cifique et de strat\u00e9gies qu&#8217;ils peuvent utiliser pour r\u00e9pondre aux conceptions erron\u00e9es des patients sur les vaccins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Le projet JITSUVAX a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 des outils pour aider les professionnels de sant\u00e9 \u00e0 utiliser l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif dans le cadre des discussions sur la vaccination :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &nbsp; Des <a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/welcome\/\">ressources<\/a> en ligne pour aider les professionnels de sant\u00e9 \u00e0 comprendre les 11 attitudes sous-jacentes aux croyances erron\u00e9es sur la vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &nbsp; Des <a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jitsuvax-prospectus_english_digital_PDF-03-04-25.pdf\">conseils<\/a> sur l&#8217;utilisation de l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif pour am\u00e9liorer les discussions sur la vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 &nbsp; Une <a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jitsuvax-prospectus_english_digital_PDF-03-04-25.pdf\">formation<\/a> \u00e0 l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif pour les professionnels de sant\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nous avons organis\u00e9 des ateliers avec des professionnels de sant\u00e9 dans plusieurs pays europ\u00e9ens, qui ont fait \u00e9tat d&#8217;am\u00e9liorations significatives et durables apr\u00e8s avoir suivi une formation visant \u00e0 renforcer leurs comp\u00e9tences et leur confiance dans les discussions sur la vaccination. En Roumanie, les professionnels de sant\u00e9 form\u00e9s \u00e0 l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif et \u00e0 l&#8217;entretien motivationnel ont constat\u00e9 une augmentation significative du nombre de rendez-vous de vaccination pris apr\u00e8s leurs consultations, par rapport aux professionnels de sant\u00e9 non form\u00e9s.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notre exp\u00e9rience va dans le sens des conclusions de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/europe\/news\/item\/24-05-2023-new-who-study-shows-health-workers-feel-more-confident-to-recommend-covid-19-vaccination-following-a-training-on-patient-communication\">l&#8217;Organisation Mondiale de la Sant\u00e9<\/a>, qui estime que la formation des professionnels de sant\u00e9 aux techniques de communication contribue \u00e0 renforcer leur confiance dans les discussions sur la vaccination et constitue un <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9444894\/\">investissement rentable<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recommandations pratiques<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour les praticiens :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; &nbsp; En tant que professionnel de sant\u00e9, vous occupez une position unique bas\u00e9e sur la confiance lorsqu&#8217;il s&#8217;agit de conseils m\u00e9dicaux. Soyez conscient que vos conversations peuvent jouer un r\u00f4le d\u00e9terminant dans les d\u00e9cisions des patients en mati\u00e8re de vaccination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022&nbsp; &nbsp; Comprendre les raisons profondes de l&#8217;attitude de vos patients peut vous aider lors de vos consultations. Vous pouvez consid\u00e9rer cela comme un moyen d&#8217;\u00e9valuer la situation afin de savoir comment aborder les pr\u00e9occupations du patient. Pour vous aider dans cette \u00e9tape d&#8217;\u00e9valuation, vous pouvez notamment poser des questions ouvertes (par exemple, \u00ab Quelles informations vous aideraient \u00e0 prendre votre d\u00e9cision ? \u00bb) plut\u00f4t que ferm\u00e9es (\u00ab Puis-je vous donner quelques informations ? \u00bb) et pratiquer l&#8217;\u00e9coute active en reprenant les propos du patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Il existe des m\u00e9thodes efficaces et scientifiquement \u00e9tay\u00e9es pour corriger les id\u00e9es re\u00e7ues sur la vaccination tout en maintenant une bonne relation avec votre patient. Suivez une formation sur ces techniques afin de renforcer votre confiance et vos comp\u00e9tences pour aborder le sujet de la vaccination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Vous craignez peut-\u00eatre que le dialogue avec vos patients prenne plus de temps lors de la consultation. Les approches de communication telles que l&#8217;entretien empathique r\u00e9futatif fournissent des techniques permettant de tirer le meilleur parti de la conversation, m\u00eame si vous ne disposez que de quelques minutes. Il vaut mieux instaurer la confiance et jeter les bases de discussions futures que de fournir des informations qui ne seront pas bien accueillies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Continuez \u00e0 mettre en pratique les comp\u00e9tences et techniques de communication que vous apprenez : plus vous les utilisez, plus elles s&#8217;am\u00e9liorent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traduit par : Deborah Loyal et Natalija Plasonja<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Supporting health workers in addressing vaccine hesitancy<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Holford, University of Bristol, UK, Linda Karlsson, University of Turku, Finland, Frederike Taubert, Erfurt University, Germany, Emma C. Anderson, University of Bristol, UK, Virginia C. Gould, University of Bristol, UK Correcting misconceptions about vaccination Vaccination is one of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<strong>By Dawn Holford, University of Bristol, UK, Linda Karlsson, University of Turku, Finland, Frederike Taubert, Erfurt University, Germany, Emma C. Anderson, University of Bristol, UK, Virginia C. Gould, University of Bristol, UK<\/strong>\n\n<strong>Correcting misconceptions about vaccination<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaccination is one of the most successful tools of public health\u2014they have been estimated to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/24-04-2024-global-immunization-efforts-have-saved-at-least-154-million-lives-over-the-past-50-years\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">save 6 lives every minute<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. But vaccines have also faced public resistance, with persistent disinformation undermining public trust in vaccination, and posing a challenge for health workers with vaccination roles. How do health workers keep up with the flood of false narratives about vaccines? What can they say to patients who cite these narratives as reasons not to vaccinate themselves or their children?\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it can be tempting to respond by citing the facts, correcting misconceptions about vaccines\u2014which are often fuelled by disinformation\u2014is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climatechangecommunication.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/DebunkingHandbook2020.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not as simple as sharing more factual information<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Take the example of a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC5789217\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long-debunked myth about vaccines and autism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: despite decades of research and extensive evidence that there is no link between the two, health workers continue to encounter this concern among parents. Myths like this are \u201csticky\u201d because <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2023-92406-002.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they play on people\u2019s underlying fears, using strong narratives that appear intuitive at first glance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They can also be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/counterhate.com\/research\/the-anti-vaxx-industry\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weaponised by those with political agendas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to keep these myths circulating in public.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, what can health workers say to someone who holds a misconception about vaccines? It starts with understanding what motivates someone\u2019s beliefs. Let\u2019s imagine two parents, Tina and Tom. Both share a concern that their children\u2019s immune system will not cope with all the recommended vaccinations. This is another common misconception: the fact is that vaccines are only a tiny dose compared to the real disease. For Tom, the concern is motivated by his fear of adverse effects each vaccine might trigger. For Tina, the concern is motivated by her preference for her child to have strong \u201cnatural\u201d resistance to disease. These deeper drivers of the surface concern are known in psychology as \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2017-29745-009.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attitude roots<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, and they can motivate people to cling to their misconceptions in the face of factual correction.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often, we have a natural impulse to directly correct misconceptions we hear from others. However, research shows that when we first validate people\u2019s attitude roots, they are more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2024-59360-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">receptive to corrections of vaccine myths<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can increase their acceptance of vaccines. So, to address Tom\u2019s concern, we might want to first reassure him that it\u2019s normal to want to protect his child. In contrast, to address Tina\u2019s concern, it could be better to begin by acknowledging that it is generally good to avoid unnecessary medication. After connecting with them and building trust, we can continue with addressing their misconceptions and sharing more information about vaccination.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>How can we prepare health workers for vaccine conversations?<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best way to address vaccine misconceptions is through tailored, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmjgh-2024-017142\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dialogue-based approaches<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When people are able to speak to health workers whom they trust for medical advice, this can be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cochranelibrary.com\/cdsr\/doi\/10.1002\/14651858.CD010038.pub3\/full\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">highly effective at raising vaccine uptake<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. An example of such an approach is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2024-59360-001.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empathetic Refutational Interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a four-step framework to structure vaccine conversations using evidence-based techniques described above to build trust and address misconceptions while respecting people\u2019s attitude roots. It was created by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JITSUVAX project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and builds on other dialogue-based approaches, such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32281992\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motivational Interviewing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, engaging in respectful dialogue with patients about vaccination is not always easy. Health workers may <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/10497323251320921\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worry about provoking conflict<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during the discussion. Many health workers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC11265004\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do not receive training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prepare them for such conversations. In fact, where health workers receive training or guidance for this important role, it tends to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/21645515.2024.2397875\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rely on an information-based approach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of providing facts to patients\u2014which can actually be counterproductive. The JITSUVAX project interviewed health workers who described their need for specific support and strategies they can use to deal with patients\u2019 vaccine misconceptions.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JITSUVAX project<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed tools to support health workers to use the Empathetic Refutational Interview for vaccine conversations:<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/welcome\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web resources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help health workers understand 11 attitude roots that underlie vaccine misconceptions.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jitsuvax-prospectus_english_digital_PDF-03-04-25.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guidance<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on using the Empathetic Refutational Interview to improve vaccine conversations.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jitsuvax.info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for health workers in the Empathetic Refutational Interview.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have run workshops with health workers in countries across Europe, who reported strong and lasting improvements after attending training in their skills and confidence for vaccine conversations. In Romania, health workers trained in the Empathetic Refutational Interview and Motivational Interviewing saw a larger increase in the number of vaccination appointments booked after their consultations, compared to untrained health workers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our experience mirrors findings from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/europe\/news\/item\/24-05-2023-new-who-study-shows-health-workers-feel-more-confident-to-recommend-covid-19-vaccination-following-a-training-on-patient-communication\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Health Organization<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that communication skills training for health workers helps build their confidence in having vaccine conversations and is a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC9444894\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worthwhile investment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<strong>Practical recommendations<\/strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For practitioners:<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a health worker, you hold a unique position of trust when it comes to medical advice. Recognise that your conversations can make the key difference in patients\u2019 vaccine decisions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding your patients\u2019 attitude roots can help you in the conversation. You might think of this as diagnosing the situation to know how to approach the patient\u2019s concerns. Techniques to help with this diagnostic step include asking questions that are open (e.g., \u201cWhat information would support your decision?\u201d) instead of closed (\u201cCan I give you some information?\u201d) and practising active listening by reflecting what the patient says.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are effective, evidence-based ways to correct vaccination myths while maintaining rapport. Seek out training in these techniques to support your confidence and skills to approach vaccine conversations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be concerned that dialogue with patients takes more time than you have in a consultation. Communication approaches like the Empathetic Refutational Interview, provide techniques to maximise the conversation even if you only have a few minutes. 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