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Future flu vaccination campaigns aimed at nurses and other healthcare workers should be reviewed to address common misconceptions and misgivings, according to new research findings from the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery at King?s College London. The investigation, carried out in partnership by King?s College London and the Second Military Medical University of Shanghai in China, revealed that nurses? influenza vaccination behaviours are complex and influenced by several factors, including knowledge and risk perception. Concerns about the vaccine?s side-effects and effectiveness remain the two most frequent reasons for refusing the vaccine.
Participants in the survey were asked a series of questions designed to establish their level of knowledge and understanding of seasonal flu and the vaccine, including their perception of the risk and severity of flu; they were also asked for their vaccination history and intent for the current season and for their reasons for accepting or refusing the vaccine.
Professor Alison While, Professor of Community Nursing and Associate Dean of Education and External Affairs at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, said:
?Our preliminary findings reveal that the influenza vaccination programme for healthcare workers is more complicated than just targeting those who haven?t been vaccinated this season. Within our sample of more than 500 nurses, we were able to divide those who had been vaccinated into the newly vaccinated and those who have continuously been vaccinated; and the unvaccinated into those who had never accepted the vaccine and those who used to accept the vaccine. It is important that we understand all four groups in order to develop different strategies that target unvaccinated healthcare workers.?
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http://www.healthcanal.com/public-h...r-flu-vaccination-campaigns-aimed-nurses.html
Participants in the survey were asked a series of questions designed to establish their level of knowledge and understanding of seasonal flu and the vaccine, including their perception of the risk and severity of flu; they were also asked for their vaccination history and intent for the current season and for their reasons for accepting or refusing the vaccine.
Professor Alison While, Professor of Community Nursing and Associate Dean of Education and External Affairs at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, said:
?Our preliminary findings reveal that the influenza vaccination programme for healthcare workers is more complicated than just targeting those who haven?t been vaccinated this season. Within our sample of more than 500 nurses, we were able to divide those who had been vaccinated into the newly vaccinated and those who have continuously been vaccinated; and the unvaccinated into those who had never accepted the vaccine and those who used to accept the vaccine. It is important that we understand all four groups in order to develop different strategies that target unvaccinated healthcare workers.?
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http://www.healthcanal.com/public-h...r-flu-vaccination-campaigns-aimed-nurses.html