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Do Declination Statements Increase Health Care Worker Influenza Vaccination Rates?

Author(s) -

Thomas R. Talbot

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/605554

Subject(s) - medicine , vaccination , declination , context (archaeology) , health care , environmental health , family medicine , immunology , economic growth , paleontology , physics , astronomy , economics , biology

In response to health care worker influenza vaccination rates that are below desired targets, strategies designed to stimulate vaccination have been proposed, including the use of declination statements for those refusing vaccination. The impact of these statements has not been thoroughly investigated and may be affected by their specific language and context. This review examines the available data on the use and impact of declination statements to increase health care worker vaccination rates and notes some potential pitfalls and issues that may arise with their use.

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