Attitudes of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals regarding smallpox vaccination.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The United States is implementing plans to immunize 500,000 hospital-based healthcare workers against smallpox. Vaccination is voluntary, and it is unknown what factors drive vaccine acceptance. This study's aims were to estimate the proportion of workers willing to accept vaccination and to identify factors likely to influence their decisions.

Methods

The survey was conducted among physicians, nurses, and others working primarily in emergency departments or intensive care units at 21 acute-care hospitals in 10 states during the two weeks before the U.S. national immunization program for healthcare workers was announced in December 2002. Of the questionnaires distributed, 1,165 were returned, for a response rate of 81%. The data were analyzed by logistic regressio

SUBMITTER: Yih WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC165598 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature