title: Parents' acceptance of adolescent immunizations outside of the traditional medical home.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Numerous barriers to vaccination exist for adolescents. Using the medical home as the sole source of adolescent vaccination has potential limitations. The objectives of the present study were to examine parents' acceptance of adolescent vaccination outside of the medical home and parents' preferred setting for adolescent vaccination.
  
  
  METHODS
  A standardized, pilot-tested telephone survey was administered to a stratified random sample (n = 1,998) of Colorado households between August 2007 and February 2008. Households with English-speaking parents and adolescent(s) aged 11-17 years were eligible.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Survey response rate was 43%; there were no significant differences between respondents and nonrespondents for three known demographic variables. Although most parents (78%) preferred a doctor's office for adolescent vaccination, a majority were also definitively or probably accepting of vaccination in public health clinics (74%), school health clinics (70%), obstetrics and gynecology clinics (69%; asked for females only), and emergency departments (67%). Parents were less accepting of vaccination in family planning clinics (41%) and retail-based clinics (36%). Perceived convenience and adolescents' comfort in the setting were positively associated with vaccination acceptance in most settings; concern with keeping track of vaccines given outside of the medical home was negatively associated with acceptance. Parents in rural areas were more likely than parents in urban areas to identify a setting outside of the medical home as the preferred "best" setting for vaccination.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most parents assessed a doctors' office as the best setting for adolescent vaccination. However, vaccination in certain settings outside of the medical home seems to be acceptable to many parents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA. lesly.clevenger@gmail.com
authors.forename: Lesly-Marie
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Clevenger
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pyrzanowski
authors.forename: C Robinette
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Curtis
authors.forename: Sheana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bull
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Crane
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Barrow
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kempe
authors.forename: Matthew F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003120:Colorado; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D018802:Patient-Centered Care