The Effectiveness of Vaccine Day and Educational Interventions on Influenza Vaccine Coverage Among Health Care Workers at Long-Term Care Facilities

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 97; no. 4; pp. 684 - 690
• Main Authors: Kimura, Akiko C, Nguyen, Christine N, Higa, Jeffrey I, Hurwitz, Eric L, Vugia, Duc J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.04.2007; American Public Health Association; American Journal of Public Health 2007
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Attitudes; Biological and medical sciences; California; Committees; Education; Effectiveness studies; Employees; Female; Health care policy; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Personnel; Health services; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunization; Immunization Programs; Infections; Infectious diseases; Influenza; Influenza Vaccines - therapeutic use; Intervention; Knowledge; Long term health care; Long-Term Care; Male; Medical personnel; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Prevention and actions; Preventive medicine; Public health; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Questionnaires; Recruitment; Research and Practice; Vaccines; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the respiratory system and ent viral diseases; Workers; Workforce; Workplace; Human; Health staff; Health care staff; Vaccine; Care; Infection; Prevention; Immunoprophylaxis; Vaccination coverage; Health care facility; Education; Efficiency; Viral disease; Influenza; Public health; Long term care

We examined barriers to influenza vaccination among long-term care facility (LTCF) health care workers in Southern California and developed simple, effective interventions to improve influenza vaccine coverage of these workers. In 2002, health care workers at LTCFs were surveyed regarding their know...