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Measles vaccination status of nurses and associated factors during community measles outbreaks
Kyung Mi Kim1, Jeong Sil Choi2
1Department of Nursing Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea.
Aim:
To identify the measles vaccination status of nurses, their knowledge and health beliefs about measles, and the associated factors that influence their measles vaccination status during a community measles outbreak in South Korea.
Methods:
The participants were 156 nurses from four hospitals in a region where a community measles outbreak occurred.
Results:
The measles vaccination rate of the nurses was 73.7%. The nurses' health belief score about measles was 2.44 out of 4 and their knowledge score was 73.85 out of 100. The associated factors that influenced the nurses' measles vaccination status included their experience of caring for patients with measles and a low level of perceived barriers to vaccination.
Conclusion:
In order to encourage an increased measles vaccination rate in nurses, hospitals should screen susceptible nurses and offer vaccination. Effective measles vaccination campaigns and educational programs are also required in hospitals.
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