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Barriers and facilitators to influenza vaccination among high-risk groups aged less than 65 years - views from general practitioners and practice nurses

dc.contributor.author Zwar, N en_US
dc.contributor.author Hasan, I en_US
dc.contributor.author Harris, Mark en_US
dc.contributor.author Traynor, Vanessa en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T13:10:17Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T13:10:17Z
dc.date.issued 2007 en_US
dc.description.abstract Objectives: To explore the views of general practitioners and practice nurses about barriers to influenza vaccination among under 65 high-risk patients and strategies to overcome those barriers. Methods: Focus group discussions with general practitioners and practice nurses. Results: Barriers identified included: lack of awareness among patients about influenza vaccination; GP workload; poor GP motivation; lack of practice nurses; lack of patient recall systems; cost of vaccine; and lack of media campaign. Strategies proposed included: public education campaigns; free supply of vaccine; dissemination of evidence to motivate GPs; incentives to establish recall systems; and greater involvement of practice nurses in the process. Conclusion: Influenza vaccination has not been well accepted by people aged less than 65 years. Implementation of proposed strategies has the potential to improve the vaccination coverage. Implications: An improvement in influenza vaccination coverage among people less than 65 years who are in high-risk groups has the potential to reduce hospitalisation and health care costs. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1326-0200 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/39319
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other influenza vaccination en_US
dc.subject.other adult and middle aged en_US
dc.subject.other health knowledge en_US
dc.subject.other attitude and practice en_US
dc.title Barriers and facilitators to influenza vaccination among high-risk groups aged less than 65 years - views from general practitioners and practice nurses en_US
dc.type Journal Article en
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unsw.description.notePublic DOI does not resolve (09/02/2009): http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2007.00143.x en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Medicine & Health
unsw.relation.ispartofissue 6 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofjournal Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto 558-561 en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofvolume 31 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Zwar, N, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Hasan, I en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Harris, Mark, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Traynor, Vanessa, Public Health & Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Population Health *
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