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- Dannetun, E., et al.
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Coverage of hepatitis B vaccination in Swedish healthcare workers
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Ingår i: Journal of Hospital Infection. - : Elsevier BV. - 0195-6701 .- 1532-2939. ; 63:2, s. 201-204
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess how well the guidelines on vaccination against hepatitis B had been implemented among healthcare workers (HCWs) at risk for blood exposure. A point-prevalence survey was conducted in six departments of a university hospital in Sweden: the emergency room, intensive care unit, postoperative unit, surgical theatre, department of anaesthesiology and the laboratory for blood chemistry. All HCWs who worked in these departments during the 24 h of the survey were asked to complete a questionnaire. In total, 369 questionnaires were analysed. Seventy-nine percent (293/369) of HCWs had received at least one dose of vaccine, but only 40% (147/369) reported that they were fully vaccinated and 21% (76/369) had not been vaccinated at all. The majority of unvaccinated HCWs (72/76, 95%) stated that they would accept vaccination if offered. The main barrier to better compliance with the guidelines is not lack of acceptance among the employees but the failure of the employer to ensure that policies are implemented. © 2006 The Hospital Infection Society.
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- Dannetun, E., et al.
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Influenza vaccine coverage and reasons for non-vaccination in a sample of people above 65 years of age, in Sweden, 1998-2000
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5548 .- 1651-1980. ; 35:6-7, s. 389-393
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Influenza vaccination for the elderly has been shown to be effective. The Swedish national recommendations are that people over 65 y, and especially those with chronic cardiac and/or pulmonary disease, should be immunized annually. However, implementation of such programmes has often been far from successful. The aims of this study were to estimate vaccine coverage and especially reasons for not being vaccinated in a group of elderly people who were all clearly included in the national recommendations. The study investigated people over the age of 65 y who lived in special apartments, 'service homes', connected to the community care for the elderly in the municipality of Linköping, Sweden. The data were collected from the middle of May to the middle of July during 3 years, 1998, 1999 and 2000. Data were gathered by interviewing a sample of 210 tenants each year. All interviews were conducted using a standard questionnaire. The vaccination coverage for influenza in this population was found to be as low as around 30%. The main reason reported for non-vaccination was a lack of knowledge of the recommendations. The results clearly demonstrate that the single most important factor needed to attain high coverage is information, both to the people defined to be at risk and to health-care professionals.
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- Dannetun, E., et al.
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Parents' attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccination for their children. a survey comparing paper and web questionnaires, Sweden 2005
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Ingår i: BMC Public Health. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2458. ; 7
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background. The World Health Organisation, WHO, recommends that most countries should vaccinate all children against hepatitis B. Sweden has chosen not to do so, but the issue is reassessed regularly. The objective of this survey was to assess knowledge and attitudes towards hepatitis B vaccine for children among parents living in Sweden, and to compare distribution of responses and response rate between parents answering a postal questionnaire and those responding via the Internet. Methods. A population-based cross-sectional survey, where the sampling frame consisted of all parents to a child born 2002 living in Sweden. Two independent samples of 1001 parents in each sample were drawn. All parents were contacted by postal mail. The parents in the first sample were invited to participate by answering a paper questionnaire. The parents in the second sample were given an individual user name along with a password, and asked to log on to the Internet to answer an identical electronic questionnaire. Results. A total of 1229 questionnaires were analysed. The overall response rate for paper questionnaires was 55%, and 15% for the web version. Knowledge of the disease hepatitis B was overall high (90%). A higher degree of knowledge was seen among parents with education beyond high school (p = 0.001). This group of parents also had a higher tendency to reply via the Internet (p = 0.001). The willingness to accept hepatitis B vaccine for their child was correlated to the acceptance of the present childhood vaccination programme (p = 0.001). Conclusion. The results reveal a high level of knowledge of the disease and a positive attitude to having their children vaccinated. This study also displays that the conventional postal method of surveying still delivers a higher response rate than a web-based survey. © 2007 Dannetun et al, licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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- Dannetun, E., et al.
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Parents' reported reasons for avoiding MMR vaccination : A telephone survey
- 2005
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0281-3432 .- 1502-7724. ; 23:3, s. 149-153
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective. During the second half of the 1990s and the first years of the 2000s a declining coverage for MMR vaccination in two-year-olds was observed in Sweden. The aim was to assess reasons for postponement or non-vaccination. Design. A telephone survey using a structured questionnaire on parents' attitudes regarding their choice to postpone or abstain from vaccinating their child. Setting. The County of Östergötland in Sweden. Subjects. A total of 203 parents of children who had no registered date for MMR vaccination at a Child Health Centre. Main outcome measures. Parental reasons for non-vaccination. Results. In all, 26 of the 203 children had received MMR vaccination but this had not been registered. Of those not vaccinated, 40% of the parents had decided to abstain and 60% to postpone vaccination. Fear of side effects was the most common reason for non-vaccination in both groups. The main source of information was the media followed by the Child Health Centre. Parents with a single child more often postponed vaccination and those who abstained were more likely to have had a discussion with a doctor or nurse about MMR vaccine. Conclusion. Postponers and abstainers may have different reasons for their decision. The role of well-trained healthcare staff in giving advice and an opportunity to discuss MMR vaccination with concerned parents is very important. © 2005 Taylor & Francis.
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- Makenzius, Marlene, et al.
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Health disparities based on neighbourhood and social conditions : Open Comparisons-an indicator-based comparative study in Sweden
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Ingår i: Public Health. - 0033-3506 .- 1476-5616. ; 174, s. 97-101
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: The overarching goal of the Swedish public health policy is to create the right societal conditions for good and equitable health throughout the population and to reduce avoidable health inequalities within a generation. The objective of this article is to highlight the main findings of the Open Comparisons in Public Health (OCPH) 2019 study. STUDY DESIGN: The OCPH is a longitudinal indicator-based comparative study, encompassing 39 public health indicators with results from Sweden's 21 regions and 290 municipalities. METHODS: Descriptive statistics and 95% confidence intervals were used to compare results between municipalities, regions and time points. Correlation analysis was used to study the strength of the relationship between the results of municipalities and their socio-economic conditions. RESULTS: Across the population, levels of health are good and have, in some areas, improved over recent decades. However, some significant health disparities remain according to neighbourhood, sex, age and educational background. Health disparities related to the level of education are often larger than those between women and men, and there are larger differences within a region than between regions. Health disparities have, in some cases, increased, such as for life expectancy. CONCLUSION: If health equity is to be achieved, leaders at all levels must collaborate and advocate for political action and local efficient public health interventions to eliminate health disparities as a result of neighbourhood and social conditions.
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- Tegnell, Anders, 1956-, et al.
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Krim-Kongoblödarfeber i Kosovo
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Ingår i: Läkartidningen. - 0023-7205 .- 1652-7518. ; 98, s. 5670-5671
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