Implementation of a program to improve influenza vaccination rates among medical students: a comparative study involving two university affiliated hospitals.

ABSTRACT: Background and objectives: Influenza vaccination rates among medical students (MSs) are below the standards recommended in hospitals where influenza vaccination is not mandatory. We carried out a comparative study in two Spanish university hospitals to reassert this fact and evaluated the impact on vaccination rates of a specific program aimed at promoting influenza vaccination among MSs.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was performed describing influenza vaccination rates and motivations for vaccination during the 2017/18 campaign among MSs in two hospitals affiliated to the same university. We subsequently performed a community-based intervention study during the 2018/19 campaign evaluating the impact of a strategy for promoting influenza vaccination, comparing t

SUBMITTER: Saro-Buendia M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8437549 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature