KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIORS REGARDING INFLUENZA VACCINATION AMONG HYGIENE AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RESIDENTS IN CALABRIA AND SICILY.

Vaccinating health care workers is considered to be one of the most important steps in preventing the transmission of the influenza virus to vulnerable patients. Public Health physicians are the main promoters and executors of influenza vaccination campaigns for both healthcare workers and the general population. The objective of the present survey was to analyze the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among Hygiene and Preventive Medicine Residents.64% of the participants had not been vaccinated against the influenza virus in the past 5 years, and 29% had been vaccinated only occasionally , with only 7.2% of the study popu- lation having been vaccinated every year. 20.3% of…