Determinants | Proximal program objectives | Methods/materials |
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Demographic | ||
  Age >40 years | Not applicable due to limited changeability | - Not applicable |
  Chronic illness | Not applicable due to limited changeability | - Not applicable |
Behavioural | ||
  Aware of personal risk for influenza infection | Create awareness among HCWs of the risk to get infected with influenza and it’s consequences | - Provide information on influenza, transmission and risks through an information stand at the UMC restaurants, a website, a folder and plenary meetings |
- Polls and a quiz on the intranet | ||
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
  Aware of risk of infecting patients | Create awareness among HCWs of the risk to transmit influenza to patients and how vaccinating HCWs can prevent this | - Provide information on influenza and the risk of transmission to patients through an information stand at the UMC restaurants, a website, a folder and plenary meetings |
- Polls and a quiz on the intranet | ||
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
  ‘Vaccination reduces risk of infecting patients’ | HCWs being convinced that vaccinating HCWs against influenza will reduce the risk of transmission to patients | - Provide information on influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination through an information stand at the UMC restaurants, a website, a folder and plenary meetings |
- Polls and a quiz on the intranet | ||
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
  ‘Vaccination is useful despite the constant flow of visitors’ | HCWs being convinced that vaccinating HCWs is useful despite the constant flow of visitors | - Provide information on influenza and the effectiveness of vaccination through an information stand at the UMC restaurants, a website, a folder and plenary meetings |
- Polls and a quiz on the intranet | ||
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
  Aware of the contents of the Health Council’s Advice | Create awareness among HCWs on the existence and contents of the guideline developed by the Dutch Health Council | - Provide and explain contents of the advice on the intranet or website |
- Explain and discuss in a plenary meeting | ||
  ‘HCWs should get vaccinated to ensure continuity of care’ | HCWs understand the ethical aspects of this matter and the need to ensure continuity of care | - Explain and discuss ethical aspects (plenary meeting, website) |
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
- Involve Board of Directors (e.g. first vaccination, be present at vaccination, column) | ||
- Distribute badges to vaccinated HCWs saying ‘deliberately vaccinated for you’ to start the discussion | ||
  ‘HCWs should get vaccinated because of their duty to do no harm’ | HCWs understand the ethical aspects of vaccinating HCWs and that this is part of their duty of care | - Explain and discuss ethical aspects (plenary meeting, website) |
- Video testimonials with role models | ||
- Involve Board of Directors (e.g. first vaccination, be present at vaccination, column) | ||
- Distribute badges to vaccinated HCWs saying ‘deliberately vaccinated for you’ to start the discussion | ||
  ‘People around me think it is important for me to get vaccinated’ | Create awareness of the importance of vaccination among those close to the HCWs | - Personal invitation letter with information folder and a link to the website at the home address |
  ‘I would definitively get vaccinated if it was available at a convenient time’ | Create a more convenient approach | - Poster with clear practical information on location and time |
- Personal invitation at home address with location and time | ||
- Extended vaccination hours which take changing shifts into account |