School life and influenza immunization: A cross-sectional study on vaccination coverage and influencing determinants among Polish teachers

Knowledge and Attitudes of School Teachers on Vaccination in Greece

“…This vaccination was characterized as an expression of social responsibility, albeit optional, as it was intended both for their personal protection and protection of the students. Worldwide few studies have aimed to explore attitudes, knowledge and vaccination coverage of school teachers and the majority of them have focused on measles and influenza vaccination [ 2 3 4 5 ]. The general conclusion is that teachers have a lower than expected vaccine acceptance rate which may be improved with targeted education [ 2 3 4 5 ].…”

“…Worldwide few studies have aimed to explore attitudes, knowledge and vaccination coverage of school teachers and the majority of them have focused on measles and influenza vaccination [ 2 3 4 5 ]. The general conclusion is that teachers have a lower than expected vaccine acceptance rate which may be improved with targeted education [ 2 3 4 5 ]. Studies have also shown that teachers may have an important role in addressing students' and parents' vaccine hesitancy and this role has been found to be associated with their own knowledge, attitudes and practices towards vaccines [ 5 6 7 ].…”

“…A structured, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was used for data collection. It was designed by the authors based on previous similar studies in the field [ 2 3 4 ]. Before fulfilling the questionnaire, a written explanation of the study objectives was given to all teachers.…”

“…The latter has various explanations such as the general belief of low vaccine efficacy, possible fear of side effects and need to receive annually the particular vaccine. Interestingly, in a cross-sectional study including school teachers and conducted in Poland, vaccine coverage of teachers against influenza was alarmingly low, and vaccination uptake was mainly associated with teacher`s behaviors and beliefs [ 3 ]. The main reasons for non-vaccination were lack of confidence in its efficacy and concern about its adverse effects 3 .…”

Attempt at profiling and regionalisation of COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in Poland - preliminary results

“…5. Death_trend -Trend in the number of deaths de-nation Leaders" and the elderly among the "Susceptible to campaigns", populists among "Susceptible to backlash" [5,[26][27][28]. However, some further profiling is needed.…”