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| Influenza vaccine use among an elderly population in a community intervention | | Author(s) | Suzanne E Ohmit, Alice Furumoto-Dawson, Arnold S Monto |
| Journal title | American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol 11, no 4, 1995 |
| Pages | pp 271-276 |
| Keywords | Influenza ; Immunisation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A community intervention programme was carried out to promote influenza (flu) immunisation among an older population, as part of a demonstration established to estimate the value of including influenza immunisation as a Medicare-covered benefit. Potential recipients were informed of reasons for receiving vaccine and its availability at no cost, and physicians and others administering it were provided with educational materials and cost reimbursement. Data collected for annual evaluations of influenza vaccine effectiveness were used to evaluate the impact of the community intervention programme on influenza vaccination status and to determine the effects of age, gender, chronic health conditions, and smoking status on the likelihood of immunisation. Results indicated that the intervention programme had a statistically significant impact on increasing the likelihood of immunisation. The existence of certain chronic health conditions also predicted immunisation, while the effect of current smoking was strongly negative. During the three years of vaccine promotion, use in those aged 65 years and over increased by 16%. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980106209 A |
| Classmark | CJM: LLF: 7T * |
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