Improvement in attitudes toward influenza vaccination in medical students following an integrated curricular intervention

Vaccine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 502-506

  Afonso, Nelia ^a   Kavanagh, Maurice ^a   Swanberg, Stephanie ^a  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY WILLIAM BEAUMONT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Educational intervention; Influenza vaccine; Medical students

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ATTITUDES; EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MEDICAL STUDENTS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDIES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84891627325     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.11.043     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [Internet]. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; [updated 2011 December 7; cited 2013 September 19]. Influenza vaccination information for health care workers. Available from:. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/healthcareworkers.htm.
2. Pearson M.L., Bridges C.B., Harper S.A., HICPAC and ACIP Influenza vaccination of health-care personnel: recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep 2006, 55(RR-2):1-16.
3. World Health Organization Influenza vaccines: WHO position paper. Weekly Epidemiological Record [Internet] 2005 [cited 2013 September 19], 80(33):279-287. Available from: http://www.who.int/wer/2005/wer8033/en/index.html.
4. Association of American Medical Colleges [Internet] Recommendations regarding health services for medical students 2006 [cited 2013 September 19], The Association, Washington, DC, Available from: https://www.aamc.org/download/93440/data/healthservices.pdf.
5. Talbot T.R., Dellit T.H., Hebden J., Sama D., Cuny J. Factors associated with increased healthcare worker influenza vaccination rates: results from a national survey of university hospitals and medical centers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010, 31(5):456-462.
6. Miller B.L., Lindley M.C., Ahmed F., Wortley P.M. Student immunity requirements of health professional schools: vaccination and other means of fulfillment - United States, 2008. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2011, 32(9):908-911.
7. Betsch C., Wicker S. E-health use, vaccination knowledge and perception of own risk: drivers of vaccination uptake in medical students. Vaccine 2012, 30(6):1143-1148.
8. Machowicz R., Wyszomirski T., Ciechanska J., Mahboobi N., Wnekowicz E., Obrowski M., et al. Knowledge, attitudes, and influenza vaccination of medical students in Warsaw, Strasbourg, and Teheran. Eur J Med Res 2010, 15(Suppl. 2):235-240.
9. Mallari J., Goad J., Wu J., Johnson K., Forman T., Neinstein L. Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding influenza vaccination among health professional students. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003) 2007, 47(4):498-502.
10. Milunic S.L., Quilty J.F., Super D.M., Noritz G.H. Patterns of influenza vaccination among medical students. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010, 31(1):85-88.
11. Pursell E., While A. Knowledge about pandemic influenza in healthcare and non-healthcare students in London. HEJ 2011, 70(2):217-224.
12. American Medical Association [Internet]. Chicago: The Association; c1995-2013 [cited 2013 March 25]. D-440.967 influenza immunization for health care workers. Available from:. https://ssl3.ama-assn.org/apps/ecomm/PolicyFinderForm.pl%3Fsite=www.ama-assn.org%26uri=%2fresources%2fdoc%2fPolicyFinder%2fpolicyfiles%2fDIR%2fD-440.967.HTM.
13. Association of American Medical Colleges [Internet]. Washington, DC: The Association; c2006 [cited 2013 March 25]. Recommendations regarding health services for medical students. Available from:. https://www.aamc.org/download/93440/data/healthservices.pdf.
14. Christini A.B., Shutt K.A., Byers K.E. Influenza vaccination rates and motivators among healthcare worker groups. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2007, 28(2):171-177.
15. Tomaskov H., Bohacova S., Slachtova H. Attitudes of the medical students from two Czech universities to pandemic flu A (H1N1) 2009 and to influenza vaccination. Cent Eur J Public Health 2012, 20(3):215-218.
16. Ohrt C.K., McKinney W.P. Achieving compliance with influenza immunization of medical house staff and students. A randomized controlled trial. JAMA 1992, 267(10):1377-1380.
17. Hussein A.A., Musa A.O. Experiencing service learning: students of a new medical school as vaccinators and independent monitors. Educ Health (Abingdon) 2004, 17(3):385-387.
18. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Influenza vaccination coverage among health-care personnel - United States, 2010-11 influenza season. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011, 60(August (32)):1073-1077.
19. Zimmerman R.K., Santibanez T.A., Janosky J.E., Fine M.J., Raymund M., Wilson S.A., et al. What affects influenza vaccination rates among older patients? An analysis from inner-city, suburban, rural, and Veterans Affairs practices. Am J Med 2003, 114(1):31-38.
20. Norton S.P., Scheifele D.W., Bettinger J.A., West R.M. Influenza coverage in pediatric nurses: a cross sectional study of coverage, refusal and factors in acceptance. Vaccine 2008, 26(23):2942-2948.
21. Zhang J., While A.E., Norman I.J. Seasonal influenza vaccination knowledge, risk perception, health beliefs and vaccination behaviours of nurses. Epidemiol Infect 2012, 140(9):1569-1577.
22. Martinello R.A., Jones L., Topal J.E. Correlation between healthcare workers' knowledge of influenza vaccine and vaccine receipt. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003, 24(11):845-847.
23. Abramson Z.H., Avni O., Levi O., Miskin I.N. Randomized trial of a program to increase staff influenza vaccination in primary care clinics. Ann Fam Med 2010, 8(4):293-298.
24. Maurer J., Harris K.M. Contact and communication with healthcare providers regarding influenza vaccination during the 2009-2010 H1N1 pandemic. Prev Med 2011, 52(6):459-464.
25. Amodio E., Tramuto F., Maringhini G., Asciutto R., Firenze A., Vitale F., et al. Are medical residents a "core group" for future improvement of influenza vaccination coverage in health-care workers? A study among medical residents at the University Hospital of Palermo (Sicily). Vaccine 2011, 29(45):8113-8117.
26. Toy W.C., Janosky J.E., Laird S.B. Influenza immunization of medical residents: knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Am J Infect Control 2005, 33(8):473-475.
27. Frank E., Breyan J., Elon L. Physician disclosure of healthy personal behaviors improves credibility and ability to motivate. Arch Fam Med 2000, 9(3):287-290.
28. Lee S.I., Aung E.M., Chin I.S., Hing J.W., Mummadi S., Palaniandy G.D., et al. Factors affecting medical students' uptake of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) vaccine. Influenza Res Treat 2012, [Epub 2012 November 28].
29. Abramson Z.H., Levi O. Is performance of influenza vaccination in the elderly related to treating physician's self immunization and other physician characteristics?. Prev Med 2008, 47(5):550-553.
30. Yassi A., Lockhart K., Buxton J.A., McDonald I. Vaccination of health care workers for influenza: promote safety culture, not coercion. Can J Public Health 2010, 101(Suppl. 1):S41-S45.
31. Zhang J., While A.E., Norman I.J. Knowledge and attitudes regarding influenza vaccination among nurses: a research review. Vaccine 2010, 28(44):7207-7214.
32. Maurer J., Uscher-Pines L., Harris K.M. Awareness of government seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccination recommendations among targeted US adults: the role of provider interactions. Am J Infect Control 2010, 38(6):489-490.