CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Interventions to Promote Seasonal Influenza Vaccinations among Non-Healthcare Workers
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Description
Interventions to promote influenza vaccination among workers can include making vaccines available to workers and announcing this availability in work settings, using things such as newsletters, e-mails, or paycheck inserts. These interventions attempt to correct myths, to reduce the financial cost, or to change worksite norms regarding vaccination.
Vaccines may be offered:
• On-site or off-site
• At cost, reduced cost, or no cost
• With health education and mobile units
• In clinics
• At multiple locations
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends interventions with on-site, reduced cost, and actively promoted influenza vaccinations, when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention, based on sufficient evidence of their effectiveness in increasing influenza vaccination coverage among workers in worksites.
Vaccines may be offered:
• On-site or off-site
• At cost, reduced cost, or no cost
• With health education and mobile units
• In clinics
• At multiple locations
The Task Force on Community Preventive Services recommends interventions with on-site, reduced cost, and actively promoted influenza vaccinations, when implemented alone or as part of a multicomponent intervention, based on sufficient evidence of their effectiveness in increasing influenza vaccination coverage among workers in worksites.
Impact
Studies found a median increase of 21.0 percentage points in vaccination coverage among participants.
Results / Accomplishments
Results from the Systematic Reviews:
Five studies with six total study arms (intervention comparisons) qualified for the review and examined changes in vaccination coverage or worker productivity.
• Evaluated interventions showed median increases in vaccination coverage of:
- 21 percentage points (2 study arms with comparison groups)
- 38 percentage points (4 studies with no comparison group)
• Studies evaluated interventions with reduced cost, on-site, actively promoted influenza vaccinations alone and when combined with additional interventions, including provision of information, efforts to enhance access, activities to change attitudes and norms, and policy changes.
• Studies evaluated interventions conducted in large worksites (more than 500 workers).
• Most studies were conducted in the United States, and one study was conducted in the Philippines.
Five studies with six total study arms (intervention comparisons) qualified for the review and examined changes in vaccination coverage or worker productivity.
• Evaluated interventions showed median increases in vaccination coverage of:
- 21 percentage points (2 study arms with comparison groups)
- 38 percentage points (4 studies with no comparison group)
• Studies evaluated interventions with reduced cost, on-site, actively promoted influenza vaccinations alone and when combined with additional interventions, including provision of information, efforts to enhance access, activities to change attitudes and norms, and policy changes.
• Studies evaluated interventions conducted in large worksites (more than 500 workers).
• Most studies were conducted in the United States, and one study was conducted in the Philippines.
About this Promising Practice
Primary Contact
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS E69
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Source
Community Guide Branch Epidemiology and Analysis Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Location
USA
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Target Audience
Adults