Attitudes of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals regarding smallpox vaccination

Bibliographic Data

ID15364833
AuthorsW Katherine Yih (0000-0001-5084-2052, Harvard University, corresponding author), Tracy A Lieu (0000-0002-3516-4617, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care), Virginia H Rêgo (Harvard Pilgrim Health Care), Megan A O’Brien (0000-0002-9687-919X, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care), Megan A O'Brien, David K Shay (0000-0001-9619-4820, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases), Deborah S Yokoe (Harvard University), Richard Platt (0000-0002-3248-3583, Harvard University)
Year2003
Volume3
Issue1
Pages20-20
Publication date2003-06-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-3-20
PMID12801426
PMCIDPMC165598
OpenAlexW2129007253
LanguageEN
References cited2

The success of smallpox vaccination efforts will ultimately depend on the relative weight in people's minds of the risk of vaccine adverse events compared with the risk of being exposed to the disease. Although more than half of the respondents thought the likelihood of a bioterrorist smallpox attack was intermediate or high, less than 10% of the group slated for vaccination has actually accepted it at this time. Unless new information about the threat of a smallpox attack becomes available, healthcare workers' perceptions of the vaccine's risks will likely continue to drive their ongoing decisions about smallpox vaccination

Biostatistics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · Medical emergency · Public health · Smallpox · Smallpox vaccination · Smallpox vaccine · Vaccination · Vaccinia · Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research · Medicine · Nursing · Poxvirus research and outbreaks · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Virology

Tools

Open DOISci-HubOpen Access