A Reflective Paper Using Rolfe’s Reflective Model

Running head: REFLECTIVE PAPER USING ROLFE’S MODEL 1
A Reflective Paper Using Rolfe’s Reflective Model
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REFLECTIVE PAPER USING ROLFE’S MODEL 2
A Reflective Paper Using Rolfe’s Reflective Model
Introduction
According to research and healthcare statistics on immunization, it is noted that the
vaccination coverage among infants and young children, there is need to promote the
immunization coverage rates for VPD (vaccine preventive diseases). The process of promoting
the vaccination coverage rates among parents of infants and young children, a poster was used to
help with interventions meant to increase the number of vaccinated infants and young children
against dangerous diseases such as measles and polio that cause death, disability or poor health
of the victims when they occur (Vann, Jacobson, Coyne‐Beasley, Asafu‐Adjei, & Szilagyi,
2018). Based on the poster and essay describing its contents, the communication to parents of
these young people has been achieved well. This paper acts as a reflective report using the
reflection model of Rolfe Freshwater, regarding the immunization rate promotion exercise. The
three questions model such as what, so what and now what, are applied.
What?
There was the need to have people especially the parents of infants and young children
usually 5 years and below, to be made aware on the need to have these children vaccinated
against diseases such as polio and measles that affect their health later in life if no vaccinations
are given against them. This was based on the fact that the rate of vaccination coverage falls
below the optimum levels in many countries (Ransom, Schaff, & Kan, 2012). At the same time,
based on the statistics of healthcare regarding VPDs, the rate of deaths, disability, and poor
health cases remains high. This means that interventions to increase or promote the rate of
immunization and vaccination coverage were required.

REFLECTIVE PAPER USING ROLFE’S MODEL 3
Being a professional with knowledge about the importance of VPD, I took the initiate to
sensitize the people about it using poster design to target parents of infants and young children. I
came up with three category interventions that are easy to follow especially by the government
and healthcare taskforce. The strategies help give these two groups simple measures that can
help to increase the number of people being vaccinated. It has been noted that interventions such
as home visits that increase the rates of vaccination on young children, reduction of the out-of-
pockets cost on parents for vaccinations, designing vaccination programs at organized centers for
child care and schools and conducting door-to-door immunization campaign that targets the local
and marginalized areas in the community for free, help enhance the access to services involving
vaccination that are meant to reduce the financial barriers for example, cutting down out-of
pocket cost (Weiss, Choudhary, & Solomon, 2013). They also reduce the inconveniences of
seeking the vaccinations among the parents by bringing healthcare services to them at their
homes and other settings that are non-medical. Other interventions are such as client recall and
reminder systems, family or client incentive rewards, interventions that are community-based
and implemented through a combination method and requirements of vaccination for school
children, child care and college attendance. These strategies increase the demand for VPD
vaccination and which are meant to increase the rate of people who come to seek vaccination
services for their infants and young children. The other strategies that are suggested include such
as standing orders, provider feedback and assessment, provider reminders and interventions that
are system-based that can be implemented through the combination method. These strategies
help to lower down the rate of missed opportunities of vaccinating receptive patients in the
process of doing periodic visits.
So what?