TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying barriers to adult pneumococcal vaccination
T2 - An NFID task force meeting
AU - Rehm, Susan J.
AU - File, Thomas M.
AU - Metersky, Mark
AU - Nichol, Kristin L.
AU - Schaffner, William
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - Pneumococcal infection is common in adults, and invasive disease is associated with a high mortality rate. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine can prevent invasive pneumococcal disease and is recommended for people aged $ 65 years and for younger adults with high-risk chronic conditions; however, vaccination rates are suboptimal in all of these groups. A multidisciplinary task force meeting examined ways to increase vaccination rates in the target populations. Barriers to vaccination include lack of awareness of the disease or vaccine among vaccination candidates and health care providers, failure to assume responsibility for vaccination, competing priorities, incomplete or inaccessible documentation of previous vaccines, and health care system delivery challenges. Efforts to address these barriers should use appropriate methods. For example, potential vaccine recipients might be motivated by a message from a community leader, whereas health care providers are more apt to offer a vaccine when reminded that it is a recommended best practice. All health care providers need to accept responsibility for vaccination so that this preventive measure becomes a high priority in the care of patients at risk for serious pneumococcal infection.
AB - Pneumococcal infection is common in adults, and invasive disease is associated with a high mortality rate. Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine can prevent invasive pneumococcal disease and is recommended for people aged $ 65 years and for younger adults with high-risk chronic conditions; however, vaccination rates are suboptimal in all of these groups. A multidisciplinary task force meeting examined ways to increase vaccination rates in the target populations. Barriers to vaccination include lack of awareness of the disease or vaccine among vaccination candidates and health care providers, failure to assume responsibility for vaccination, competing priorities, incomplete or inaccessible documentation of previous vaccines, and health care system delivery challenges. Efforts to address these barriers should use appropriate methods. For example, potential vaccine recipients might be motivated by a message from a community leader, whereas health care providers are more apt to offer a vaccine when reminded that it is a recommended best practice. All health care providers need to accept responsibility for vaccination so that this preventive measure becomes a high priority in the care of patients at risk for serious pneumococcal infection.
KW - Adult vaccination
KW - Pneumococcal disease
KW - Pneumococcal vaccine
KW - Pneumonia
KW - Streptococcus pneumoniae
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U2 - 10.3810/pgm.2012.05.2550
DO - 10.3810/pgm.2012.05.2550
M3 - Article
C2 - 22691901
AN - SCOPUS:84866426095
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 124
SP - 71
EP - 79
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 3
ER -