The Pediatric Vaccine Encounter in a New Era: Identifying and Mitigating Ethical Challenges

Recent changes to state and federal vaccine policies raise pressing ethical challenges for pediatricians. Drawing on interviews with 60 pediatricians from 3 US states, the team will seek to: 1) investigate ethical challenges faced by pediatricians navigating an evolving vaccine policy landscape, and 2) develop empirically driven solutions. This project aims to address an important bioethics problem with significant implications for maintaining child and public health and safeguarding trust in medicine. Outcomes seek to inform evidence-based recommendations for responding to changes in vaccine policies.