Determinants of intention to get vaccinated against novel (pandemic) influenza A H1N1 among health-care workers in a nationwide survey

The evaluation of the opinions and attitudes of healthcare personnel of the province Diyarbakir against influenza A (H1N1) and the vaccination

“…6 In this study, it was determined that physicians regarded themselves under risk more compared with other personnel and advised and had the vaccination. This finding that is similar in all of our studies related to the subject 5,10,15,16,18 might be due to the differences in education between the healthcare personnel. The service grade of the healthcare personnel is seen as another factor affecting the advising and having the vaccination.…”

“…9 WHO and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) declared that healthcare personnel is one of the prioritized groups that should be vaccinated. 5,10,11 In all countries, vaccination of healthcare personnel was planned as a priority in preparations against this pandemic. 4,10,[12][13][14][15] Healthcare personnel is an important group for they can transmit the disease to their patients and families.…”

“…5,10,11 In all countries, vaccination of healthcare personnel was planned as a priority in preparations against this pandemic. 4,10,[12][13][14][15] Healthcare personnel is an important group for they can transmit the disease to their patients and families. 10 Moreover, vaccination of healthcare personnel is also very important for the spread of correct information and suggestion of vaccination to individuals.…”

“…4,10,[12][13][14][15] Healthcare personnel is an important group for they can transmit the disease to their patients and families. 10 Moreover, vaccination of healthcare personnel is also very important for the spread of correct information and suggestion of vaccination to individuals. 15,16 At this point, it is extremely important…”

The benefit of the doubt or doubts over benefits? A systematic literature review of perceived risks of vaccines in European populations

“…The most frequent concern cited across studies was the opinion that these vaccines could have dangerous adverse reactions [27][28][29][30][31][77][78][79][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90]92,[94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101][102][103]. This was often explained by study participants as a perception that these new vaccines were developed too quickly [80,100], resulting in insufficient testing and evidence [31,80,85,86,93,94,98,100,102] and information about long term adverse reactions [82,83,93,95,96]. Studies reported that concerns about inadequate testing also resulted in perceptions of low vaccine effectiveness [32,79,…”