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Mandatory meningococcal vaccine, and other recommended immunisations: Uptake, barriers, and facilitators among health care workers and trainees at Hajj

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: AIM: To evaluate the uptake of a mandatory meningococcal, a highly recommended influenza, and an optional pneumococcal vaccine, and to explore the key factors affecting vaccination rate among health care workers (HCWs) during the Hajj. METHODS: test was used to compare categorical variables and odds ratio (OR) was calculated by "risk estimate" statistics along with 95% confidence interval (95%CI). RESULTS: < 0.05). Willingness to follow health authority's recommendation was the main reason for receipt of vaccine (78.8%) while believing that they were up-to-date with vaccination (39.8%) was the prime reason for non-receipt. CONCLUSION: Some HCWs at Hajj miss out the compulsory and highly recommended vaccines; lack of awareness is a key barrier and authority's advice is an important motivator. Health education followed by stringent measures may be required to improve their vaccination rate.

Source: World Journal of Clinical Cases

DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i16.1128

Authors: Al-Mamoon Badahdah, Mohammad Alfelali, Amani S Alqahtani, Saeed Alsharif, Osamah Barasheed