Baja adhesión a un programa de vacunación contra la gripe A (H1N1) pandémica 2009 entre el personal sanitario de una institución durante la fase de pandemia

Pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccination coverage, adverse reactions, and reasons for vaccine refusal among medical students in Brazil

“…In studies conducted among health-care workers [2][3][4]12,26 , the frequency of adverse reactions following vaccination against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 ranged from 6.7% in Germany to 82.3% in Spain, and the adverse reactions reported by our group were, in general, similar to those described in these studies. The adverse reactions also were similar to those typically observed after the administration of seasonal inactivated influenza vaccines 6 .…”

“…At a university in Texas, U.S. only 44% of 529 students interviewed were vaccinated against pandemic influenza A/H1N1 during a mass immunization campaign 31 80 study conducted in India reported a vaccination coverage of only 12.7% among 802 university students 32 . In several countries, the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccination coverage among health-care workers, including physicians, was also lower than the vaccination coverage observed among our students [1][2][3]10,12,18,34,35 .…”

“…Different predictive factors for acceptance of the pandemic influenza A/H1N1 vaccine were identified among health-care workers, including gender, age, previous vaccination against seasonal influenza, and perceptions about the disease and the vaccine [1][2][3]12,34 . In our group, female students were more likely to have received the vaccine, but we did not evaluate other factors that could confound this association.…”