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To assess the personal and organizational factors associated with influenza immunization uptake among health care workers.

May 27, 2005Occupational MedicineOpen Access

Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers

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To assess the personal and organizational factors associated with influenza immunization uptake among health care workers.
Conducted a cross-sectional survey of health care workers across Health and Social Care Trusts in Northern Ireland and a parallel-group questionnaire study among nursing staff in Elderly Care.
Surveyed 15 occupational health units regarding immunization numbers and delivery methods at the time of vaccination.
Among 203 elderly care nurses, 37% (76/203) received vaccination and 63% (127/203) declined, with nearly 70% of non-immunized staff citing self-perceived healthy status as the reason for refusal.
Nurses were more likely to accept vaccination following an occupational health recommendation (9-fold), perceived personal risk (3-fold), or belief in benefits for healthy staff (4-fold).
Overall uptake across 15 occupational health units was 9.7% (5,230 vaccinated), correlating positively with on-site ward delivery (r=0.74, P=0.02) and out-of-hours provision (r=0.83, P<0.001).

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low influenza vaccine uptake in health care workers, highlighting the importance of workplace accessibility and occupational health recommendations.

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O’Reilly et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72a7cce5469ee92be280f2 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqi099

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Cross-sectional survey reveals low influenza vaccine uptake in health care workers, highlighting the importance of workplace accessibility and occupational health recommendations.

Factors affecting influenza vaccine uptake among health care workers

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