Planning and process evaluation of a multi-faceted influenza vaccination implementation strategy for health care workers in acute health care settings

Table 1 Determinants associated with influenza vaccination uptake among health care workers (HCWs) resulting from the needs assessment

Determinants	Odds ratio	Changeability^a	Category	Target group^b
Demographic
Age >40 years	2.65	-	Not applicable	Not applicable
Chronic illness	3.37	-	Not applicable	Not applicable
Behavioural
Aware of personal risk for influenza infection	2.80	+	Knowledge	2
Aware of risk of infecting patients	2.54	+	Knowledge	2
‘Vaccination reduces risk of infecting patients’	3.68	+	Knowledge	2
‘Vaccination is useful despite the constant flow of visitors’	1.88	+	Knowledge	2
Aware of the contents of the Health Council’s Advice	2.41	+	Knowledge	2
‘HCWs^c should get vaccinated to ensure continuity of care’	2.15	+	Common interest	3
‘HCWs should get vaccinated because of their duty to do no harm’	2.22	+	Common interest	3
‘People around me think it is important for me to get vaccinated’	1.74	+/-	Social impact	3
‘I would definitively get vaccinated if it was available at a convenient time’	28.91	+	Organizational	1,2,3

^a - : not changeable, + : changeable as discussed in our 10-person research team under supervision of a communication expert.
^b Target group 1: HCWs who deliberately comply with vaccination.
Target group 2: HCWs who deliberately do not comply with vaccination.
Target group 3: HCWs who unintentionally do not comply with vaccination.
^c HCWs: health care workers.

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