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SynthesisBMC public health2013

Are healthcare workers' intentions to vaccinate related to their knowledge, beliefs and attitudes? A systematic review.

Raúl Herzog, María José Álvarez-Pasquin, Camino Díaz, José Luis Del Barrio, José Manuel Estrada, Ángel Gil

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Synthesis in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 806 papers, 128 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

806 citing papers in PubMed, 128 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Raúl HerzogPrimary Healthcare Service, Madrid Health Service, Santa Hortensia 14, Madrid, Spain.
María José Álvarez-Pasquin
Camino Díaz
José Luis Del Barrio
José Manuel Estrada
Ángel Gil

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Summit of Independent European Vaccination Experts (SIEVE) recommended in 2007 that efforts be made to improve healthcare workers' knowledge and beliefs about vaccines, and their attitudes towards them, to increase vaccination coverage. The aim of the study was to compile and analyze the areas of disagreement in the existing evidence about the relationship between healthcare workers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about vaccines and their intentions to vaccinate the populations they serve.

methodsWe conducted a systematic search in four electronic databases for studies published in any of seven different languages between February 1998 and June 2009. We included studies conducted in developed countries that used statistical methods to relate or associate the variables included in our research question. Two independent reviewers verified that the studies met the inclusion criteria, assessed the quality of the studies and extracted their relevant characteristics. The data were descriptively analyzed.

resultsOf the 2354 references identified in the initial search, 15 studies met the inclusion criteria. The diversity in the study designs and in the methods used to measure the variables made it impossible to integrate the results, and each study had to be assessed individually. All the studies found an association in the direction postulated by the SIEVE experts: among healthcare workers, higher awareness, beliefs that are more aligned with scientific evidence and more favorable attitudes toward vaccination were associated with greater intentions to vaccinate. All the studies included were cross-sectional; thus, no causal relationship between the variables was established.

conclusionThe results suggest that interventions aimed at improving healthcare workers' knowledge, beliefs and attitudes about vaccines should be encouraged, and their impact on vaccination coverage should be assessed.

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Attitude of Health PersonnelHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeIntentionHealth PersonnelHumansVaccination

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PMID23421987
PMCPMC3602084

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