Evaluating the importance of policy amenable factors in explaining influenza vaccination: a cross-sectional multinational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite continuous efforts to improve influenza vaccination coverage, uptake among high-risk groups remains suboptimal. We aimed to identify policy amenable factors associated with vaccination and to measure their importance in order to assist in the monitoring of vaccination sentiment and the design of communication strategies and interventions to improve vaccination rates.

Setting

The USA, the UK and France.

Participants

A total of 2412 participants were surveyed across the three countries.

Outcome measures

Self-reported influenza vaccination.

Methods

Between March and April 2014, a stratified random sampling strategy was employed with the aim of obtaining nationally representative samples in the USA, the UK and France through online databas

SUBMITTER: Wheelock A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734251 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature