In an increasingly vaccine skeptical world, a global pharmaceutical company wanted to help increase vaccine uptake among younger children (per guidelines), by developing a script pediatricians could use to increase same-day acceptance of the vaccine.
To understand the vaccine discussion between pediatrician and parent in order to define a script that doctors will feel comfortable delivering and that will shorten the conversation with parents while leading to increased uptake at this younger age.
We created a vaccine script that doctors valued, and felt they could credibly deliver, as well as principles to inform responses to new questions that arise in discussion with parents. We also shifted the client team mindset around the unique relationship pediatricians have with their patients/families - from a transaction to a lifelong partnership. By understanding this dynamic, and providing tools to keep vaccination discussions positive, pediatricians were empowered to improve vaccination rates in younger patients.