ArticleBMJ open2017
Evaluating the importance of policy amenable factors in explaining influenza vaccination: a cross-sectional multinational study.
Article in BMJ open, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of COVID-19 on vaccine confidence and uptake: A systematic literature review.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024Pooled it
- Bandwagoning, free-riding and heterogeneity in influenza vaccine decisions: An online experiment.Health economics · 2022Trial
- Limits of the social-benefit motive among high-risk patients: a field experiment on influenza vaccination behaviour.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of an Active Offer of Influenza Vaccination to Hospitalized Frail Patients.Vaccines · 2025Article
- Understanding the public's decision-making about seasonal flu vaccination during a pandemic: Application of the precaution adoption process model.Journal of health psychology · 2025Article
- Severity of Omicron (B.1.1.529) and Delta (B.1.617.2) SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospitalised adults: A prospective cohort study in Bristol, United Kingdom.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2023Article
- Understanding the Barriers and Attitudes toward Influenza Vaccine Uptake in the Adult General Population: A Rapid Review.Vaccines · 2023Review
- Validation of the Vaccination Trust Indicator (VTI) in a multi-country survey of adult vaccination attitudes.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Trust in the public health system as a source of information on vaccination matters most when environments are supportive.Vaccine · 2022Article
- Parents' intention to vaccinate their child for COVID-19: A mixed-methods study (CoVAccS-wave 3).PloS one · 2022Article
- Awareness, knowledge and attitude toward influenza vaccination in several population groups in China: A cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Towards Ending Immunization Inequity.Vaccines · 2021Article
- Attitudes and Intentions of US Veterans Regarding COVID-19 Vaccination.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- Effectiveness of BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 COVID-19 vaccination at preventing hospitalisations in people aged at least 80 years: a test-negative, case-control study.The Lancet. Infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Article
- COVID-19 vaccination intention in the UK: results from the COVID-19 vaccination acceptability study (CoVAccS), a nationally representative cross-sectional survey.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
- Key policy and programmatic factors to improve influenza vaccination rates based on the experience from four high-performing countries.Drugs in context · 2021Review
- Article
- Impact of European vaccination policies on seasonal influenza vaccination coverage rates: An update seven years later.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectivesDespite 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.
settingThe USA, the UK and France.
participantsA total of 2412 participants were surveyed across the three countries. OUTCOME MEASURES: Self-reported influenza vaccination.
methodsBetween 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 databases and random-digit dialling. Participants were asked about vaccination practices, perceptions and feelings. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with past influenza vaccination.
resultsThe models were able to explain 64%-80% of the variance in vaccination behaviour. Overall, sociopsychological variables, which are inherently amenable to policy, were better at explaining past vaccination behaviour than demographic, socioeconomic and health variables. Explanatory variables included social influence (physician), influenza and vaccine risk perceptions and traumatic childhood experiences.
conclusionsOur results indicate that evidence-based sociopsychological items should be considered for inclusion into national immunisation surveys to gauge the public's views, identify emerging concerns and thus proactively and opportunely address potential barriers and harness vaccination drivers.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.