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Face to face interventions to inform or educate parents about early childhood vaccination
Childhood vaccination (also described as immunisation) is an important and effective way to reduce childhood illness and death.
However, there are many children who do not receive the recommended vaccines because their parents do not know why vaccination
is important, do not understand how, where or when to get their children vaccinated, disagree with vaccination as a public health
measure, or have concerns about vaccine safety.
Face to face information or education sessions with parents about vaccination is one strategy that may improve vaccination rates and
parental knowledge or understanding of vaccination. This review found seven studies with a total of 2978 participants that looked at the
effects of face to face vaccination information or education for parents in a mix of high- and low-income countries. The interventions
were single- or multi-session educational sessions, delivered to individuals or to groups of parents or soon-to-be parents.