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Editor, Senior Moderator
Vaccine. 2016 Sep 21. pii: S0264-410X(16)30790-3. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.083. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]The role of healthcare provider attitudes in increasing willingness to accept seasonal influenza vaccine policy changes.[/h] Slaunwhite JM[SUP]1[/SUP], Smith SM[SUP]2[/SUP], Halperin BA[SUP]3[/SUP], Langley JM[SUP]4[/SUP], Halperin SA[SUP]5[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] This research explored the role of a attitudes in acceptance of organizational change initiatives.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] A survey assessed factors associated with health care provider (HCP) likelihood to accept seasonal influenza vaccine policy changes. We evaluated the impact of knowledge and individual attitudes on this outcome measure.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Knowledge of seasonal influenza vaccine and influenza recommendations was a significant predictor of HCP's attitudes toward vaccine at the individual (p<0.001), organizational (p<0.05), and legislative level (p<0.05). Mixed results were obtained when investigating the impact of knowledge on actual willingness to accept vaccine, suggesting that knowledge was only a significant predictor at the organizational (p<0.05) and legislative levels (p<0.05). Attitudes fully mediated the impact of knowledge at both the organizational and legislative levels.
[h=4]INTERPRETATION:[/h] Knowledge of seasonal influenza and vaccine recommendations is an important, but insufficient predictor of willingness to accept policy change.
Copyright ? 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Behavioural interventions; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination legislation; Vaccination policy
PMID: 27665353 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.083
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[h=1]The role of healthcare provider attitudes in increasing willingness to accept seasonal influenza vaccine policy changes.[/h] Slaunwhite JM[SUP]1[/SUP], Smith SM[SUP]2[/SUP], Halperin BA[SUP]3[/SUP], Langley JM[SUP]4[/SUP], Halperin SA[SUP]5[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] This research explored the role of a attitudes in acceptance of organizational change initiatives.
[h=4]METHODS:[/h] A survey assessed factors associated with health care provider (HCP) likelihood to accept seasonal influenza vaccine policy changes. We evaluated the impact of knowledge and individual attitudes on this outcome measure.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] Knowledge of seasonal influenza vaccine and influenza recommendations was a significant predictor of HCP's attitudes toward vaccine at the individual (p<0.001), organizational (p<0.05), and legislative level (p<0.05). Mixed results were obtained when investigating the impact of knowledge on actual willingness to accept vaccine, suggesting that knowledge was only a significant predictor at the organizational (p<0.05) and legislative levels (p<0.05). Attitudes fully mediated the impact of knowledge at both the organizational and legislative levels.
[h=4]INTERPRETATION:[/h] Knowledge of seasonal influenza and vaccine recommendations is an important, but insufficient predictor of willingness to accept policy change.
Copyright ? 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Behavioural interventions; Influenza vaccination; Mandatory vaccination legislation; Vaccination policy
PMID: 27665353 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.08.083
[PubMed - as supplied by publisher]