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Editor, Senior Moderator
Am J Med Qual. 2017 Dec 1:1062860617748738. doi: 10.1177/1062860617748738. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Improving Mandatory Vaccination Against Influenza: Minimizing Anxiety of Employees to Maximize Health of Patients.[/h] Benin AL[SUP]1[/SUP], Lockwood G[SUP]1[/SUP], Creatore T[SUP]1[/SUP], Donovan D[SUP]1[/SUP], Predmore M[SUP]1[/SUP], MacArthur S[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] The objective was to describe qualitatively the attitudes among employees toward mandatory vaccination against influenza to ultimately improve such programs and prevent hospital-acquired influenza. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 employees at a freestanding children's hospital. Analysis of interview transcripts used grounded theory and the constant comparative method; codes were iteratively revised and refined as themes emerged. Themes emerged elucidating promoters and concerns. Promoters included a desire to protect self, family, and patients; perception of vaccination as part of professional responsibility; and free vaccination as a benefit from the organization. Concerns included negative feelings surrounding the forced nature and substantial anxiety about the physical injection. Participants expressed a strong desire for a private, compassionate, unhurried environment for the injection. Managing personal anxiety and a desire for privacy emerged as strong concerns among health care workers getting vaccinated at work. This information enabled future improvements in the mandatory vaccination campaign.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] employee vaccination; influenza vaccination
PMID: 29301403 DOI: 10.1177/1062860617748738
[h=1]Improving Mandatory Vaccination Against Influenza: Minimizing Anxiety of Employees to Maximize Health of Patients.[/h] Benin AL[SUP]1[/SUP], Lockwood G[SUP]1[/SUP], Creatore T[SUP]1[/SUP], Donovan D[SUP]1[/SUP], Predmore M[SUP]1[/SUP], MacArthur S[SUP]1[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] The objective was to describe qualitatively the attitudes among employees toward mandatory vaccination against influenza to ultimately improve such programs and prevent hospital-acquired influenza. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 21 employees at a freestanding children's hospital. Analysis of interview transcripts used grounded theory and the constant comparative method; codes were iteratively revised and refined as themes emerged. Themes emerged elucidating promoters and concerns. Promoters included a desire to protect self, family, and patients; perception of vaccination as part of professional responsibility; and free vaccination as a benefit from the organization. Concerns included negative feelings surrounding the forced nature and substantial anxiety about the physical injection. Participants expressed a strong desire for a private, compassionate, unhurried environment for the injection. Managing personal anxiety and a desire for privacy emerged as strong concerns among health care workers getting vaccinated at work. This information enabled future improvements in the mandatory vaccination campaign.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] employee vaccination; influenza vaccination
PMID: 29301403 DOI: 10.1177/1062860617748738