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Megan E. Hall
Researcher at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Publications - 9
Citations - 702
Megan E. Hall is an academic researcher from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vaccination & Papillomavirus Vaccines. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 9 publications receiving 536 citations.
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Announcements Versus Conversations to Improve HPV Vaccination Coverage: A Randomized Trial.
TL;DR: Training providers to use announcements resulted in a clinically meaningful increase in HPV vaccine initiation among young adolescents, particularly among girls and boys.
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Quality of physician communication about human papillomavirus vaccine: findings from a national survey.
TL;DR: Many physicians in the authors' national sample reported recommending HPV vaccine inconsistently, behind schedule, or without urgency, which likely contribute to under-immunization among adolescents, and may convey ambivalence to parents.
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Physician communication about adolescent vaccination: How is human papillomavirus vaccine different?
Melissa B. Gilkey,Jennifer L. Moss,Tamera Coyne-Beasley,Megan E. Hall,Parth D. Shah,Noel T. Brewer +5 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that primary care physicians perceived HPV vaccine discussions to be burdensome, requiring more time and engendering less parental support than other adolescent vaccines, and often chose to discuss it last.
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Why is announcement training more effective than conversation training for introducing HPV vaccination? A theory-based investigation
TL;DR: To understand how communication training changed provider perceptions and communication practices, intermediate outcomes and process measures from a randomized clinical trial were evaluated, with a particular focus on identifying mechanisms that might explain the announcement training’s impact.
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Messages to Motivate Human Papillomavirus Vaccination: National Studies of Parents and Physicians.
TL;DR: The findings support physicians' use of these messages with parents to help motivate uptake of this important cancer-preventing vaccine, even among parents disinclined to vaccinate their children.