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Editor, Senior Moderator
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2014 May 8;10(8). [Epub ahead of print]
Annual influenza vaccination: Uptake, barriers and enablers among student health care providers at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.
Kelly DA1, Macey DJ2, Mak DB3.
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Abstract
Despite national and international recommendations, annual influenza vaccination uptake among health care providers (HCPs) remains sub-optimal. This study investigated the uptake, enablers and barriers to annual influenza vaccination in medicine, nursing and physiotherapy students at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, using an online survey and semi-structured interviews. In 2013, uptake rate of influenza vaccination was 36.3% (95% CI = 31.8-40.8%). Employment as a HCP (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1-2.5), being a medical student (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2-5.1) and eligibility for government-funded vaccine (OR 7.1, 95% CI 2.7-18.6) were independently associated with increased uptake. Awareness, cost and convenience were identified as key barriers to vaccination with interview data suggesting that raising awareness of the benefits of influenza vaccination, along with improving student HCPs' access to affordable, convenient vaccination are likely to improve uptake. Responsibility to increase uptake should be shared between universities and student HCPs.
KEYWORDS:
Health Care Provider, Influenza, Student, Vaccination
PMID:
24809343
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809343
Annual influenza vaccination: Uptake, barriers and enablers among student health care providers at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle.
Kelly DA1, Macey DJ2, Mak DB3.
Author information
Abstract
Despite national and international recommendations, annual influenza vaccination uptake among health care providers (HCPs) remains sub-optimal. This study investigated the uptake, enablers and barriers to annual influenza vaccination in medicine, nursing and physiotherapy students at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, using an online survey and semi-structured interviews. In 2013, uptake rate of influenza vaccination was 36.3% (95% CI = 31.8-40.8%). Employment as a HCP (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.1-2.5), being a medical student (OR 2.5, 95% CI 1.2-5.1) and eligibility for government-funded vaccine (OR 7.1, 95% CI 2.7-18.6) were independently associated with increased uptake. Awareness, cost and convenience were identified as key barriers to vaccination with interview data suggesting that raising awareness of the benefits of influenza vaccination, along with improving student HCPs' access to affordable, convenient vaccination are likely to improve uptake. Responsibility to increase uptake should be shared between universities and student HCPs.
KEYWORDS:
Health Care Provider, Influenza, Student, Vaccination
PMID:
24809343
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24809343