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Children of parents who received a simple educational handout with information about influenza were more likely to get vaccinated by the end of the influenza season, according to the results of a randomized clinical trial published in Pediatrics.
"Influenza vaccination is something that is needed annually by everyone aged 6 months and older. However, vaccination rates for influenza are lower than for other childhood and adolescent vaccinations," Melissa Stockwell, MD, MPH, an associate professor of pediatrics and population and family health at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, told Infectious Diseases in Children. "I think an intervention like this works well for...