Flu in 15
An Effective Practice
Description
“Flu in 15” is a new practice created at Johns Hopkins Bay View Center as part of ongoing quality assurance initiative. The goal of this practice was to increase the number of Health Care Workers (HCWs) who received the seasonal flu vaccine by increasing their knowledge of the disease.
Generally hospitals either require health care workers (HCWs) to receive the seasonal influenza vaccine or have left it to their employees to decide. In order to bridge that gap, Johns Hopkins Bay View Center created an educational video called “Flu in 15.” The goal of the video was to increase HCWs acceptance of the vaccination by educating them about influenza transmission. The video emphasized that there were moral implications for not receiving the vaccine; e.g. you could do harm as a HCW by passing influenza on to a patient.
Generally hospitals either require health care workers (HCWs) to receive the seasonal influenza vaccine or have left it to their employees to decide. In order to bridge that gap, Johns Hopkins Bay View Center created an educational video called “Flu in 15.” The goal of the video was to increase HCWs acceptance of the vaccination by educating them about influenza transmission. The video emphasized that there were moral implications for not receiving the vaccine; e.g. you could do harm as a HCW by passing influenza on to a patient.
Goal / Mission
The goal of "Flu in 15" is to increase the acceptance of the seasonal flu vaccine among healthcare workers.
Results / Accomplishments
One hundred and six out of 347 health care workers, excluding physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, at Johns Hopkins Bayview Care center participated in “Flu in 15” based on convenience. Of the 106 participants, 58 completed a post intervention survey. Of the 58 that completed the post intervention survey, 9(15%) reported that “Flu in 15” “tremendously” helped them understand why the flu vaccine is needed yearly, 28(48%) reported “a lot”, 15(26%) reported “some”, 4(7%) reported “a little”, and 1(2%) reported “no”. One individual did not complete the survey. Also asked in the post intervention survey was whether or not the program was effective in changing behavior to get the flu vaccine for either the first time or to reaccept the vaccine after a period of declining the vaccine, 14(24%) reported that the program was effective in changing their behavior to accept the flu vaccine for the first time and 28(49%) reported that the program was effective in changing their behaviors to get the flu vaccine either for the first time or reaccept the vaccine after a period of declining intervention.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
Johns Hopkins Bay View Center
Primary Contact
Matthew J. Butteri, MD
UC Irvine School of Medicine
101 The City Drive
Orange, CA 92868
mbutteri@uci.edu
UC Irvine School of Medicine
101 The City Drive
Orange, CA 92868
mbutteri@uci.edu
Topics
Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Organization(s)
Johns Hopkins Bay View Center
Date of publication
2010
Date of implementation
2007
Location
Baltimore, MD
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Target Audience
Adults
Additional Audience
health care workers
Submitted By
Kelly Pai Huang, Eugene Song, Andrew Whalen - UC Berkeley School of Public Health