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ArticleVaccine2022

The impact of a vaccine mandate and the COVID-19 pandemic on influenza vaccination uptake in Western Australian health care students.

G A Willis, L Bloomfield, M Berry, C Bulsara, M Bulsara, G Chaney, H Cooke, J Maticevic, K Russell, M Zic and 1 more

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Article in Vaccine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

G A WillisSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia; Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia. Electronic address: gabriela.willis@nd.edu.au.
L BloomfieldSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia; Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
M BerryMurdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.
C BulsaraSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.
M BulsaraInstitute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.
G ChaneySchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.
H CookeSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.
J MaticevicCommunicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
K RussellSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia.
M ZicSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia; Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
D B MakSchool of Medicine, University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia; Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Department of Health, Western Australia, Australia.
Government of Western Australia Department of Health · AUThe University of Notre Dame Australia · AUMurdoch University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Annual influenza vaccination of health care students and workers helps protect themselves and patients from influenza, which has a high disease burden during seasonal peaks in Australia. Health care students are an important cohort whose early attitudes and habits towards influenza vaccination may influence future behaviours. We explored the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours towards influenza vaccination of health care students in two universities from 2018 to 2020 using convergent mixed methodology. We also assessed the impact of two external events - the introduction of mandatory influenza vaccination for select students in 2019, and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. We found a significant increase in self-reported vaccination uptake between 2018 (73.5%) and 2020 (89.6%), with the mandate and COVID-19 pandemic being likely drivers of increased uptake. Vaccine mandates are effective but must be supported by easy accessibility, adequately addressing concerns around effectiveness and safety, and promotion of voluntary acceptance and trust.

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COVID-19Influenza, HumanInfluenza VaccinesAustraliaHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansPandemicsStudentsSurveys and QuestionnairesVaccinationInfluenza VaccinesHealth care workersInfluenzaMandatesRespiratory virusStudentsVaccination

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PMID36030122
PMCPMC9393169
OpenAlexW4292553266

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