Positive attitudes of French general practitioners towards A/H1N1 influenza-pandemic vaccination: A missed opportunity to increase vaccination uptakes in the general public?

Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of general practitioners/family physicians toward their own vaccination: A systematic review

“…Their patients perceive them as a reliable source of information about vaccines, [14][15][16] and their consultation can also be a key factor in patients' decision to be vaccinated or not. [17][18][19][20][21] Moreover, their recommendations to patients about vaccinations are associated with their vaccination behaviors and attitudes for themselves. [22][23][24][25][26] Their own vaccination might be important as a proxy for their potential "vaccine hesitancy," -a term that describes vaccination reluctance and was first studied in the general population 27,28 and, more recently, also among GP/FPs.…”

Acceptance on the move: Public reaction to shifting vaccination realities

“…This was manifested by a spectrum of attitudes, such as: perceiving susceptibility to swine flu as low, believing that the epidemic was not serious, believing the swine flu was a mild disease. 74,[83][84][85]89,92,93,95,96,98,100 These motives became very apparent in studies conducted at later time points, but was observed also in earlier surveys as well.…”

“…[65][66][67][68][69][70] Nevertheless, once H1N1 vaccines were available to the public, the actual uptake of the vaccine was very low. In Europe H1N1v coverage rate was generally (with the exception of Sweden) lower than 10%.…”

Challenges and opportunities in the Israeli 2009 Pandemic Influenza Vaccination Program

“…Similar lessons were learned in other countries, such as France. 26 Efforts to change attitudes of physicians, nurses and other health care professionals via focused lectures and materials were only partially successful. Coverage rates among health care workers remained relatively low and many family physicians did not recommend vaccination with pandemic influenza vaccine to their patients.…”