Commitment to vaccine prophylaxis of employees of a children's polyclinic

• Viktoria A. Minaeva
• Alla A. Golubkova

Abstract

Some epidemiological studies have shown negative attitudes towards vaccinations among certain categories of health workers. This aspect is not studied in the case of the workers of the outpatient network directly involved in the organization and implementation of vaccination.

The study aims to analyze the attitude of staff members of the children’s clinic towards vaccination and propose measures to increase their competence and commitment to vaccinations.

Material and methods. An analytical epidemiological study was conducted using the online questionnaire published by Google. Participation was voluntary. Total 779 questionnaires received.

Results. The analysis of the results of the study showed that the attitude to vaccination of children’s health care workers varied according to position, length of service and specialty. Among doctors, 91.6% were positive to the vaccine, nurses – 80.6%, and non-medical staff – 65%. Among the trainees, the number of positive inoculations was higher than for staff with less than 10 years’ experience.

Conclusion. Modern IT technologies allow to quickly evaluate the attitude to vaccine prophylaxis of any population groups, including MP, which allows them to be used as «quick-reaction» technologies in the information subsystem of epidemiological surveillance for vaccine prophylaxis. The results confirm the need for continuous information support to health workers on the immunprophylaxis of infectious diseases throughout their work.

Keywords: vaccination; acceptability; pediatricians; adherence to vaccination

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