Vaccination against influenza among medical students of selected Medical Universities in Poland in the 2014/2015 influenza season

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Published: Dec 31, 2016
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veccintation, prevention, influenza, diagnostic survey

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Agnieszka Woźniak-Kosek
Department of Laboratory Diagnostics, Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Monika Brzychczy-Włoch
Chair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Anna Dubaniewicz
Department of Pulmonology, Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
Stefania Giedrys-Kalemba
Chair and Department Microbiology and Immunology Medical University of Szczecin, Poland
Gabriela Henrykowska
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Medical University of Lodz, Poland
Marian Jędrych
Department of Mathematics and Medical Biostatistics, Medical University of Lublin, Poland
Anna Kasprzak
Department of Histology and Embryology, Poznan University of Medical Science, Poland
Jarosław Kosek
Department of Otolaryngology with Division of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery in Military Institute of Medicine, Warsaw, Poland
Michał Mierzejewski
Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology and Allergology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
Iwona Paradowska-Stankiewicz
Department of Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Warsaw, Poland
Iwona Sarowska
Department of Basic Sciences, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

Abstract

Vaccinations against influenza are one of the most beneficial elements of prevention. Adoption of measures to popularize vaccination among reluctant to be vaccinated against influenza Polish population, especially in the environment of future doctors should be one of the priorities in the universities. The article analyzes the level of basic knowledge, opinions and declared behaviors related to influenza and its prevention among medical students of selected Medical University in Poland. The study included 1,031 individuals during the 2014/2015 epidemic. It represented a diverse population of sex, age, place of residence. For the purpose of the research an original questionnaire was used. The results were subjected to statistical analysis, which reveals that only 76 individuals got inoculated against influenza, which accounted for only 7.37% of the study population of students studying in various academic centers in Poland. Analysis of own research shows that regularly over the last five influenza seasons only 70 individuals (6.79%) have got inoculated, while the vast majority – 72.45% of the population did not get inoculated at all, and 20.75% occasionally declared inoculation against the influenza. Despite seasonal influenza epidemics, undertaken educational and preventive tests among vulnerable group rather a pessimistic picture emerges of the Polish population.

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Woźniak-Kosek , A., Brzychczy-Włoch , M., Dubaniewicz , A., Giedrys-Kalemba , S., Henrykowska , G., Jędrych , M., Kasprzak , A., Kosek , J., Mierzejewski , M., Paradowska-Stankiewicz , I., & Sarowska , I. (2016). Vaccination against influenza among medical students of selected Medical Universities in Poland in the 2014/2015 influenza season. Alergoprofil, 12(4), 169-176. Retrieved from https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/alergoprofil/article/view/875
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