Understanding attitudes toward adolescent vaccination and the decision-making dynamic among adolescents, parents and providers

Table 1 Composition of focus groups

Location*	Adolescents			Parents		Healthcare Providers
	Females	Males	Age Range	Mothers	Fathers	Physicians	Nurses	Clinic Coordinators	Medical Assistants
Clinic #1	3	3	12 – 18 years	5	1	1	1	0	0
Clinic #2	6	3	11 – 16 years	4	3	5	4	2	0
Clinic #3	8	2	12 – 16 years	12	1	1	2	1	0
Clinic #4	5	2	11 – 18 years	7	0	4	2	1	4
Total # of participants	22	10	--	28	5	11	9	4	4

* Clinics #1 and #2 are two practices recruited from a county served primarily by suburban practices with relatively high immunization rates. The other two practices, Clinics #3 and #4, were from a large metropolitan area serving mostly lower-income patients with lower immunization rates.

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