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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2014 Jun 21. pii: S0264-410X(14)00847-0. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.06.046. [Epub ahead of print]
Personal attitudes and misconceptions, not official recommendations guide occupational physicians' vaccination decisions.
Betsch C1, Wicker S2.
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Healthcare personnel (HCP) are often under-vaccinated. The aim of this study was to evaluate occupational physicians' potential role by assessing relations between their knowledge and attitudes regarding HCP vaccination and the extent to which official vaccination recommendations are communicated.
METHODS:
Cross-sectional survey, n=135 occupational physicians.
RESULTS:
Occupational physicians who treat HCP recommend vaccinations more often to HCP when they have better knowledge of official vaccination recommendations and amore positive attitude towards vaccination compared to physicians with less such knowledge or a more negative attitude. The attitude towards vaccination most strongly affects whether occupational physicians recommend the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination: physicians with less positive attitudes recommend MMR to HCP in a more restricted way. A more positive attitude towards vaccination also relates to fewer misconceptions. Occupational physicians' knowledge and attitude further influence the extent to which pregnant HCP receive vaccinations against influenza. Knowledge about official recommendations does not influence the recommendation of influenza vaccination for pregnant women.
CONCLUSIONS:
Reasons for vaccination gaps in HCP might have their roots in occupational physicians' incomplete knowledge of vaccination recommendations. Attitudes, which are related to misperceptions, also influence which vaccinations are recommended to HCP. Official recommendations, and not personal attitudes and misconceptions, should guide occupational vaccination behavior.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Healthcare personnel; Immunization; Nosocomial infection; Occupational infection; Occupational physician; Vaccination recommendation
PMID:
24962759
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962759
Personal attitudes and misconceptions, not official recommendations guide occupational physicians' vaccination decisions.
Betsch C1, Wicker S2.
Author information
Abstract
INTRODUCTION:
Healthcare personnel (HCP) are often under-vaccinated. The aim of this study was to evaluate occupational physicians' potential role by assessing relations between their knowledge and attitudes regarding HCP vaccination and the extent to which official vaccination recommendations are communicated.
METHODS:
Cross-sectional survey, n=135 occupational physicians.
RESULTS:
Occupational physicians who treat HCP recommend vaccinations more often to HCP when they have better knowledge of official vaccination recommendations and amore positive attitude towards vaccination compared to physicians with less such knowledge or a more negative attitude. The attitude towards vaccination most strongly affects whether occupational physicians recommend the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccination: physicians with less positive attitudes recommend MMR to HCP in a more restricted way. A more positive attitude towards vaccination also relates to fewer misconceptions. Occupational physicians' knowledge and attitude further influence the extent to which pregnant HCP receive vaccinations against influenza. Knowledge about official recommendations does not influence the recommendation of influenza vaccination for pregnant women.
CONCLUSIONS:
Reasons for vaccination gaps in HCP might have their roots in occupational physicians' incomplete knowledge of vaccination recommendations. Attitudes, which are related to misperceptions, also influence which vaccinations are recommended to HCP. Official recommendations, and not personal attitudes and misconceptions, should guide occupational vaccination behavior.
Copyright ? 2014. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
KEYWORDS:
Healthcare personnel; Immunization; Nosocomial infection; Occupational infection; Occupational physician; Vaccination recommendation
PMID:
24962759
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24962759