New strategies to implement flu vaccination in health workers: forum theatre in a university hospital

Patrizia Laurenti, Alice Corsaro, Concetta De Meo, Matteo Raponi, Domenico Staiti, Filippo Berloco, Fabrizio Celani, Maria Incoronata Corbo, Walter Ricciardi

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Abstract

Every year outbreaks of influenza infects approximately 10% of the population leading to high morbidity and mortality, especially in settings like health care facilities. Even when the influenza vaccination has been recommended for health care workers (HCWs), in order to protect vulnerable individuals and reduce transmission, the average coverage of vaccinated HCWs of the past years has only been 28.6% in European Union (EU) and 15% in Italy, probably due to the lack of trust in vaccines, propagated by the media.
Lingua originaleEnglish
pagine (da-a)431-431
Numero di pagine1
RivistaEuropean Journal of Public Health
Volume2015
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2015
EventoEuropean Public Health Conference - Milano
Durata: 14 ott 201517 ott 2015

Keywords

  • FLU VACCINATION
  • HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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