Factors associated with uptake of vaccination: evidence from pandemic influenza
Citation: Bish A, Yardley L, Nicoll A, Michie S. Factors associated with uptake of vaccination against pandemic influenza: a systematic review. Vaccine. 2011;29(38):6472-84.
Language: English.
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What is this? In 2009, H1N1 influenza was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Vaccines were produced but there was a low vaccine uptake. Evidence about this might help policy makers making decisions about other vaccination programmes, such as that for COVID-19.
In this systematic review, the authors searched for studies of psychological and demographic factors that affected the uptake of the influenza vaccine during the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. They restricted their searches to articles published in English and did the search in January 2011. They included 37 studies.
What was found: The included studies showed that people who were older, male gender, from an ethnic minority or were doctors were more likely to get vaccinated.
Good vaccine uptake was associated with high perceived efficacy of the vaccine against H1N1 influenza and previous receipt of seasonal flu vaccine.
Poor vaccine uptake was associated with perception of low individual risk of H1N1 influenza, the view that it was a mild disease and anxiety about the safety of the vaccine.
Individuals who were advised by health professionals or respected colleagues to get the vaccine were more likely to get vaccinated, as were individuals who consulted official health sources, such as a government website.
This summary was prepared by Joly Ghanawi, edited by Sydney Johnson and finalized by Mike Clarke.
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