Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics
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Hum Vaccin Immunother · Jan 2019
Comparative StudyInfluenza vaccination in health-care workers: an evaluation of an on-site vaccination strategy to increase vaccination uptake in HCWs of a South Italy Hospital.
Despite the international recommendation and specific programs, and although the vaccination of health-care workers (HCWs) is considered the main measure to prevent nosocomial influenza, vaccination coverage (VC) among HCWs remains low. One of the most important barriers to vaccination uptake is the time required to attend a vaccination clinic. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends on-site influenza vaccination as a proven and cost-effective strategy that increases productivity, reduces overall absenteeism and prevents direct health-care costs. ⋯ VC in OUs target of on-site vaccination increased between 2016/17 and 2017/18 seasons of 16.8 ± 10.4% (range: 5.5-37.1), while the coverage in OUs of the control group increased of 1.6 ± 2.2% (range: -1.7-4.5), with a significant difference (p < .05). Our study suggests that the offer of on-site vaccination during the 2017/18 season led to an increase of VC in HCWs compared to the classical vaccination clinic approach. The determinants of adhesion and not-adhesion must be analyzed in dept, to experiment, in the future, new good clinical practices to increase the vaccination coverage in HCWs.
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Hum Vaccin Immunother · Jan 2019
Vaccine discussions in pregnancy: interviews with midwives to inform design of an intervention to promote uptake of maternal and childhood vaccines.
Presumptive and Motivational Interviewing communication styles have successfully promoted childhood and adolescent vaccination to parents, but less is known about effective communication approaches during pregnancy to promote maternal vaccination and childhood vaccines. In Australian public antenatal settings, midwives provide a substantial proportion of care and are highly accessed and trusted sources of vaccine information for expectant parents. However, there are no evidence-based interventions incorporating communication strategies and resources for midwives to optimize discussions and promote acceptance of maternal and childhood vaccines. ⋯ Their communication practices focused primarily on vaccine information provision rather than persuasion, although some midwives shared personal views and actively encouraged vaccination. More vaccine and communication training and resources were requested. Findings highlight the need for communication tools that align with midwifery standards for practice to support midwives to address parents' questions and concerns about maternal and childhood vaccines.
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Hum Vaccin Immunother · Jan 2019
Improving influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers by on-site influenza vaccination campaign in a tertiary children hospital.
Children are at higher risk of influenza complications. The goals of this article are, estimating influenza vaccination coverage of Health Care Workers (HCWs) in tertiary children hospital, evaluating attitudes and practices of HCWs and evaluating whether HCWs vaccination uptake improved with onsite vaccination campaign. This was a before-after trial, which was carried out in a tertiary children hospital at 2017-2018 influenza season. ⋯ After onsite vaccination campaign, influenza vaccination coverage improved significantly among HCWs. In order to achieve target vaccination coverage we should break down the prejudices with a comprehensive education program. Abbreviations: OR- Odds ratio; CI- confidence interval.
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Hum Vaccin Immunother · Jan 2019
ReviewCurrent issues facing the introduction of human papillomavirus vaccine in China and future prospects.
The introduction of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination in China aims to prevent HPV infection in all women. The issues that China might face include high cost of vaccines made in other countries, shortage in HPV vaccine supply, negative events attributed to vaccination (whether justified or not) that jeopardizes the general public's confidence in the HPV vaccine, cultural and literacy barriers, and sensitivity to receiving a vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease. ⋯ New evidence supporting the efficacy of a two-dose regime in younger adolescents would also be advantageous in terms of affordability and logistical simplicity of vaccine administration. Furthermore, it would potentially enhance the compliance and uptake, especially for hard to reach women in remote regions.
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Hum Vaccin Immunother · Jan 2019
Knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding infection and vaccination in patients with rheumatic diseases in China.
Objective Vaccines including pneumococcal and influenza vaccines are recommended in patients with immunosuppressive treatment. However, vaccine coverage remains extremely low. Our study was to investigate vaccination uptake, knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) towards certain vaccinations among these patients, and to identify the factors influencing willingness to be vaccinated. ⋯ Patients would take influenza or pneumococcal vaccines if they had heard of them before, had knowledge of infection, and had belief in vaccine's safety and reliability (p < 0.05). Conclusion Vaccine coverage among people with rheumatic diseases was low in China. Methods to improve KAP toward infections and vaccinations should be taken.