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An Exploratory Study of Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Healthcare Workers in a Western Chinese City, 2018-2019: Improving Target Population Coverage Based on Policy Interventions.


ABSTRACT: Objectives: To evaluate a policy-based intervention to increase seasonal-influenza-vaccination coverage in healthcare workers in Xining, a city in Western China. Methods: From October 2018 to March 2019, we implemented a free vaccination policy in healthcare workers in Xining. A face-to-face interview with the head of the infection control department and an online survey for medical staff in four tertiary medical facilities was conducted to understand both the implementation of the free policy and influenza vaccination coverage. Possible factors for influenza vaccination among healthcare workers (physician, nurses working on the front-line, HCWs) were investigated by multivariate-logistic regression. Results: Coverage in two hospitals that implemented the free vaccination policy was 30.5% and 25.9%, respectively, which was statistically different to hospitals that did not implement the free policy (7.2% and 8.7%, respectively) (?2 = 332.56, p < 0.0001). Among vaccinated healthcare workers, 65.5% and 48.6% reported their main reasons for vaccination were a convenient vaccination service and awareness of the free vaccination policy. The reasons for not being vaccinated among the 3389 unvaccinated healthcare workers included: the inconvenient vaccination service (33.8%), believing vaccination was unnecessary (29.7%), concerns about adverse reactions to the vaccine (28.8%), and having to pay for the vaccine (25.6%). Conclusions: Implementing the free vaccination policy, combined with improving the accessibility of the vaccination service, increased seasonal-influenza vaccination-coverage in healthcare workers in Xining.

SUBMITTER: Xu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7157219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An Exploratory Study of Influenza Vaccination Coverage in Healthcare Workers in a Western Chinese City, 2018-2019: Improving Target Population Coverage Based on Policy Interventions.

Xu Lili L   Zhao Jinhua J   Peng Zhibin Z   Ding Xiaojin X   Li Yonghong Y   Zhang Huayi H   Feng Huaxiang H   Zheng Jiandong J   Cao Hailan H   Ma Binzhong B   Shi Yan Y   Ma Yongcheng Y   Feng Luzhao L  

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<b>Objectives</b><b>:</b> To evaluate a policy-based intervention to increase seasonal-influenza-vaccination coverage in healthcare workers in Xining, a city in Western China. <b>Methods</b><b>:</b> From October 2018 to March 2019, we implemented a free vaccination policy in healthcare workers in Xining. A face-to-face interview with the head of the infection control department and an online survey for medical staff in four tertiary medical facilities was conducted to understand both the impleme  ...[more]

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