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  • Attitudes and practices towards seasonal influenza vaccination amongst French hospital staff

    Sante Publique. 2017 Apr 27;29(2):191-199.
    [Attitudes and practices towards seasonal influenza vaccination amongst French hospital staff].

    [Article in French]
    Maurette M, Pinzelli P, Yordanov Sandev A, Nock F.
    Abstract

    This survey intends to describe the attitudes towards vaccination amongst the hospital staff in the region of Castres, in the south-west of France, and their influenza vaccination coverage. A questionnaire was attached to all pay slips in March 2014 and 471 questionnaires were completed (return rate: 22.4%). Seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rate was similar to that reported in other French surveys. Paramedical personnel were less commonly immunized against influenza compared to medical personnel and age was the major factor associated with vaccination. Three quarters of the non-immunized hospital personnel did not wish to be vaccinated against influenza. Nearly 50% of respondents believed that healthcare personnel do not have to be role models regarding vaccination. The arguments considered most compelling in favour of vaccination are protection of the family, then patient protection and finally protection of other staff members. A demand for accurate scientific information was expressed by respondents, preferably delivered at their workplace..


    PMID: 28737338
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