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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
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 |
dcterms.accessRights | metadata only access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_14cb | |
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 | * |