The decision to get vaccinated against influenza

Effectiveness of Worksite Interventions to Increase Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Employees and Families

“…27 The present study and a study conducted among a working population in Switzerland also found that prior vaccination was strongly associated with current vaccination. 28 Thus, worksites may be essential for reaching previously unvaccinated employees because the employees could be particularly unlikely to pursue vaccination in other settings that do not offer convenient access to free vaccine. The corporation involved in this study implemented a new benefits structure in January 2010, wherein covered employees received a $25 deposit into their health savings account upon receiving the influenza vaccine.…”

Intranasal immunization with influenza antigens conjugated with cholera toxin subunit B stimulates broad spectrum immunity against influenza viruses

“…Mucosal immunization with influenza viral antigen can elicit robust immune response, but often the adjuvants used to enhance the immune response lead to safety issues, with side effects reported in clinical testing. 42,43 On the other hand, clinical trials have shown that formulations containing recombinant CTB are safe and well tolerated. 44,45 In our study, CTB fused to influenza antigens enhanced protective immunity in immunized mice.…”

A policy to promote influenza vaccination: A behavioral economic approach

“…(See, for example studies based on HBM predicting vaccination decision-Shahrabani et al [17] and Blue and Valley [12].) 8 Evidence indicates that preventive behaviors may be highly correlated with one another [24]. effects on willingness to get flu shot in the estimation of Eq.…”

“…6 Regarding past experience, we examine: (a) whether respondents ever received a flu shot (EXINJ), (b) whether they were infected by influenza during the last 2 years (EXILL), 7 (c) if they had periodic blood tests (TESTP) and (d) if they had blood tests due to a suspected illness (TESTS). 8 Variable (a) is especially interesting because we expect individuals to have status quo bias, i.e., those who previously had flu shots will continue to be vaccinated annually. We expect that variables (a), (c) and (d) will have positive 3 Expected signs for the coefficients of the factors are shown in Table 4.…”

“…Status quo bias refers to the situation in which people tend not to change an established behavior unless the incentive to change is compelling [7]. It was found that past experience with influenza vaccination is a predictor for willingness to be vaccinated [8], since those who were vaccinated previously may continue to do so annually as a matter of routine (maintaining the 'status quo'). Another study included a multi-variant analysis that revealed previous influenza vaccination to be the single strongest predictor of subsequent vaccination behavior [9].…”