TY - JOUR
T1 - Fostering flu vaccination among health workers; Forum Theatre and On Site Vaccination in Hospital
AU - Corsaro, Alice
AU - De Waure, Chiara
AU - Poscia, Andrea
AU - Raponi, Matteo
AU - Michelazzo, Maria Benedetta
AU - Frisicale, Emanuela Maria
AU - Berloco, Filippo
AU - Staiti, Domenico
AU - Damiani, Gianfranco
AU - Laurenti, Patrizia
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Background
Influenza affects approximately 10% of the general population
leading to high morbidity and mortality especially in elderly
and frail people.
For this reason flu vaccination is recommended among health
care workers (HCWs) in order to protect immunocompromised
patients.
The low vaccination rate, registered among Gemelli Teaching
Hospital HCWs during the last years, called for new engaging
approaches to improve flu vaccination coverage.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of two complementary
new strategies: Forum Theatre (FT) and On Site Vaccination
(OSV).
Methods
FT, a theatrical methodology of social and political change
promotion, has recently been used in health care settings to
foster HCWs engagement and empowerment.
The Hospital Health Management of Gemelli Teaching
Hospital organized FT sessions inviting participants by
means of posters and e-mail remind whereas OSV was
proposed directly during the daily activity, by Preventive
Medicine Service.
The intervention was promoted only in some Clinical Units
(CU) which were compared with others matched for patient’
risk profile and considered as control.
Chi Squared test was used to assess differences in vaccination
coverage between groups; statistical significance was set at p
value = 0.05. Analyses were performed using IBM SPSS 22 for
windows.
Results
FT sessions and OSV were realized between October and
December 2015 in 9 CU considered at risk for the
immunological status of patients, involving overall 412
HCWs. Matched control CU accounted for a total of 399
HCWs.
The vaccination coverage in HCWs belonging to CU that
received the interventions was 13,6% compared to 4,8%
among controls (p < 0.001).
Conclusions
This new additional strategies were effective in achieving an
higher vaccination coverage among HCWs and therefore can
be considered as a valuable intervention in health care settings.
Key message:
Participative strategies, such as FT and OSV, are important
to foster flu vaccination in order to improve the coverage
among HCWs and to protect the whole hospital community
AB - Background
Influenza affects approximately 10% of the general population
leading to high morbidity and mortality especially in elderly
and frail people.
For this reason flu vaccination is recommended among health
care workers (HCWs) in order to protect immunocompromised
patients.
The low vaccination rate, registered among Gemelli Teaching
Hospital HCWs during the last years, called for new engaging
approaches to improve flu vaccination coverage.
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of two complementary
new strategies: Forum Theatre (FT) and On Site Vaccination
(OSV).
Methods
FT, a theatrical methodology of social and political change
promotion, has recently been used in health care settings to
foster HCWs engagement and empowerment.
The Hospital Health Management of Gemelli Teaching
Hospital organized FT sessions inviting participants by
means of posters and e-mail remind whereas OSV was
proposed directly during the daily activity, by Preventive
Medicine Service.
The intervention was promoted only in some Clinical Units
(CU) which were compared with others matched for patient’
risk profile and considered as control.
Chi Squared test was used to assess differences in vaccination
coverage between groups; statistical significance was set at p
value = 0.05. Analyses were performed using IBM SPSS 22 for
windows.
Results
FT sessions and OSV were realized between October and
December 2015 in 9 CU considered at risk for the
immunological status of patients, involving overall 412
HCWs. Matched control CU accounted for a total of 399
HCWs.
The vaccination coverage in HCWs belonging to CU that
received the interventions was 13,6% compared to 4,8%
among controls (p < 0.001).
Conclusions
This new additional strategies were effective in achieving an
higher vaccination coverage among HCWs and therefore can
be considered as a valuable intervention in health care settings.
Key message:
Participative strategies, such as FT and OSV, are important
to foster flu vaccination in order to improve the coverage
among HCWs and to protect the whole hospital community
KW - flu vaccination
KW - flu vaccination
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/87376
U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckw166.051
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckw166.051
M3 - Meeting Abstract
SN - 1101-1262
SP - 93
EP - 94
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
ER -