Moderator: Ulla Karin Nurm/Liuba MurauskieneRapporteur: Pania Karnaki, Prolepsis

HProImmune European Workshop Athens 25 & 26 April, 2013

WG3: proposed content for the individual professional

Conclusions on overcoming organizational barriers towards immunizations -I

Proposed related contents for the HProImmune Toolkit & relevant activities

The importance of leadership, working with leadership and offering leadership material

-Access through professional organizations – unions representing - Utilize resources such as e-bulletins -(SMEs – disseminate the toolkit to continuous education training)-(raise awareness about the need to be updated about vaccinations)

Address vaccinations with newly employed workers – take the opportunity to inform about vaccinations during orientation

Offer easy access and solutions

Surveillance

-Offer guidance of what is legally and expected expected from a HCWs - in terms of patient safety for example. Develop a template be adapted by each country -Recommendations on who and what to do if they are do not agree-This could also be a tool for the public – knowing that their HCW is vaccinated or not -Sticker -Information on when it is the best time to get a vaccination outside work hours

Conclusions on overcoming organizational barriers towards immunizations -II

Proposed related contents for the HProImmune Toolkit & relevant activities

Information delivery should be accompanied by easy access to vaccinations

-Guidance on where to get a vaccination-Peer vaccination? Self vaccinations?

Address the severity of diseases, offer information about disease

Messages like “am protecting myself from measles, HepB for example instead of I have received the vaccine

Different information material for doctors, nurses and other personnel

Information on best practice - how to organize an immunization program addressing policy makers, employers Links to different information and tools

Conclusions on overcoming organizational barriers towards immunizations -III

Proposed related contents for the HProImmune Toolkit & relevant activities

Content of tool Information on multiple VPDs and not only influenza, booster

Use examples of immunization schedules – they possibly will need to be different for different HCWs categories

Include high quality up to date factual information on currently available vaccines, include some historical facts and explain uncertainty in lay terms

-Provide information about the diseases (communicable diseases) before the information about the actual vaccine -Information about the date of the source -Updating information-Readiness - preparedness –responding to emerging situations – need for a dynamic tool – website

Conclusions on overcoming behavior related barriers towards immunizations -II

Proposed related contents for the HProImmune Toolkit & relevant activities

Lack of trust in institutions varies per countryconflict of interest for policy makers or physicians

Use trustworthy sources – professional bodies

Conclusions on overcoming behavior related barriers towards immunizations -III

Proposed related contents for the HProImmune Toolkit & relevant activities

Alternative ways of communicating

Become familiar with HCW networks, blogs etc

Many physicians/nurses do not use the internet

raise visibility in search engines

Epidemiological information Trends, magnitude

Database in a user friendly form - (Information about efficacy – basic facts about vaccines) ECDC experience for flu is not positive

Understand current ways to get message out

Social media Google terms Trends of public opinion