Influenza immunization practices and policies for health care students in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Influenza vaccine is recommended for all health care providers including health care students. Little is known about how health care student programs provide information about influenza vaccination to their students, deliver vaccines and document their vaccination status.

Methods

A mixed-methods approach was used and included key informant interviews of program coordinators for health care student programs in Halifax (Nova Scotia) and a national survey of program coordinators of health care student programs across Canada.

Results

All 21 coordinators of programs that had students placed at the IWK Health Centre (Halifax, Nova Scotia) during the influenza season were interviewed. Surveys were completed by 93 (36.3%) of 256 eligible coordinators representing 1

SUBMITTER: Pianosi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3905002 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature