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Vaccine hesitancy: what if listening made all the difference?
2 avril 2026
By Ana Espino | Published on April 2, 2026 | 4 min readParental vaccine hesitancy remains a major public health challenge in France, despite the extension of mandatory childhood vaccinations since 2018. Vaccination coverage remains insufficient and marked by persistent delays, maintaining a non-negligible risk of epidemic resurgence. Traditional information-based strategies have shown limited effe
Parental vaccine hesitancy remains a major public health challenge in France, despite the extension of mandatory childhood vaccinations since 2018. Vaccination coverage remains insufficient and marked by persistent delays, maintaining a non-negligible risk of epidemic resurgence.
Traditional information-based strategies have shown limited effectiveness in changing vaccination behaviors. In this context, individualized approaches such as motivational interviewing (MI), based on active listening and resolving ambivalence, are emerging as promising tools.
This study, published in 2026 in Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, aimed to evaluate the sustained impact of an MI-based intervention on vaccine hesitancy and vaccination intentions among postpartum mothers in France.
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Scientific reference
Ramalli L, et al. Sustained impact of motivational interviewing on reducing vaccine hesitancy among postpartum mothers: A randomized control trial, Southeastern France, 2021 to 2022. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2026 Dec;22(1):2611647.
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