TY - JOUR
TI - Promotion of Immunizations for Health Professionals in Europe: A Qualitative Study in Seven European Member States
AU - Dalma, A.
AU - Karnaki, P.
AU - Baka, A.
AU - Raftopoulos, V.
AU - Zota, D.
AU - Veloudaki, A.
AU - Garrison, A.
AU - Ellis Montalban, P.
AU - Dhanani, Z.
AU - Linos, A.
JO - Hospital Topics
PY - 2018
VL - 96
TODO - 1
SP - 18-27
PB - 
SN - 0018-5868
TODO - 10.1080/00185868.2017.1365571
TODO - cross infection;  Europe;  health care personnel;  health personnel attitude;  health promotion;  human;  immunization;  information processing;  occupational disease;  procedures;  psychology;  qualitative research;  questionnaire;  standards, Attitude of Health Personnel;  Cross Infection;  Europe;  Focus Groups;  Health Personnel;  Health Promotion;  Humans;  Immunization;  Occupational Diseases;  Qualitative Research;  Surveys and Questionnaires
TODO - Health Care Workers (HCWs) are a high-risk group for contracting Vaccine-Preventable Diseases who, despite legislation and guidance, remain undervaccinated. In order to understand their barriers and needs, focus groups were formed with 278 physicians, nurses, infection-control personnel, and policy-makers in 7 EU MS. Several implications for the development of promotional initiatives were identified including the need to overcome organizational barriers, to sensitize HCWs about the importance of immunization and to provide specific up-to-date information about vaccinations covering prevalence of diseases, protection years, side effects, administration times, antibody examinations, costs and immunization settings.
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