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Influenza and the Healthcare Workforce: Evaluation of a novel surveillance system and identifying barriers and facilitators to vaccine uptake

Funding Agency: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborators: BC Centre for Disease Control; BC Nurses' Union; Health Sciences Association; Hospital Employees' Union; Fraser Health; Interior Health; Vancouver Island Health Authority; University of British Columbia
Grant received: 2005
Objective: To evaluate the performance of the WHITE database in tracking influenza vaccine coverage among the healthcare workforce.

This project evaluated the performance of the WHITE database in tracking influenza vaccine coverage among the healthcare workforce. The goals of this project were to improve the WHITE Database for future years; derive baseline estimates of vaccine coverage so that any future strategies for improvement can be compared to these numbers to evaluate their effectiveness; and identify determinants (barriers and facilitators) of vaccine uptake within this cohort. The aim was to enhance the use of this occupational surveillance tool throughout the healthcare system and identify strategies to improve vaccine uptake amongst healthcare workers.

Results: For results from this study, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Annalee Yassi, at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia.



Last Updated: August 5, 2008.