Journal article
Using Participatory Action Research to Identify Strategies to Improve Pandemic Vaccination
Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, v 7(4), pp 424-430
01 Aug 2013
PMID: 24229528
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Abstract
Objective: Developing and implementing effective strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates among health care personnel is an ongoing challenge, especially during a pandemic. We used participatory action research (PAR) methodology to identify targeted vaccination interventions that could potentially improve vaccine uptake in a medical center.
Methods: Front-line medical center personnel were recruited to participate in 2 PAR teams (clinical and nonclinical staff). Data from a recent medical center survey on barriers and facilitators to influenza (seasonal, pandemic, and combination) vaccine uptake were reviewed, and strategies to increase vaccination rates among medical center personnel were identified.
Results: Feasible, creative, and low-cost interventions were identified, including organizational strategies that differed from investigator-identified interventions. The recommended strategies also differed by team. The nonclinical team suggested programs focused on dispelling vaccination-related myths, and the clinical team suggested campaigns emphasizing the importance of vaccination to protect patients.
Conclusions: PAR methodology was useful to identify innovative and targeted recommendations for increasing vaccine uptake. By involving representative front-line workers, PAR may help medical centers improve influenza vaccination rates across all work groups.
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- Title
- Using Participatory Action Research to Identify Strategies to Improve Pandemic Vaccination
- Creators
- Kathleen A. Crowley - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.Ronnie Myers - New York College of Health ProfessionsHalley E. M. Riley - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.Stephen S. Morse - Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, USA.Paul Brandt-Rauf - University of Illinois ChicagoRobyn R. M. Gershon - Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
- Publication Details
- Disaster medicine and public health preparedness, v 7(4), pp 424-430
- Publisher
- Cambridge Univ Press
- Number of pages
- 7
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000324552200017
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84904775537
- Other Identifier
- 991019176795704721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health