Vaccine coverage of healthcare students in hospitals of the Paris region in 2009: The Studyvax Survey

• Published in: Vaccine Vol. 31; no. 26; pp. 2835 - 2838
• Main Authors: Loulergue, Pierre, Fonteneau, Laure, Armengaud, Jean-Baptiste, Momcilovic, Sonia, Levy-Brühl, Daniel, Launay, Odile, Guthmann, Jean-Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 10.06.2013; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Age; Allergy and Immunology; Applied microbiology; Biological and medical sciences; Chicken pox; Confidence intervals; Coverage; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; France; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; health care workers; health services; Healthcare students; Hepatitis; hepatitis B; Hepatitis B virus; Hospitals; Humans; Immunization; Influenza; interviews; Interviews as Topic; Male; Measles; Microbiology; Midwifery; Midwifery - education; Nursing; nursing education; Paris; Personnel, Hospital; Poliomyelitis; Recommendations; Sample size; sampling; Self Report; Students; Students, Medical; Students, Nursing; Studies; surveys; Vaccination; Vaccination - statistics & numerical data; Vaccines; Vaccines, antisera, therapeutical immunoglobulins and monoclonal antibodies (general aspects); Young Adult; France; Europe; Paris; Ile-de-France; Recommendations; Healthcare students; Coverage; France; Vaccination; Vaccination coverage; Vaccine; Student; Epidemiology; Public health
• ISSN: 0264-410X; 1873-2518
• DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2013.04.004

Highlights • We surveyed 432 healthcare students (doctors, nurses, midwives) randomly selected from Paris area. • We examined their vaccine coverage and determinants of vaccination for measles and influenza vaccinations. • Despite willingness to receive measles and pertussis vaccination, coverage for these vaccines was low.