How rural and urban parents describe convenience in the context of school-based influenza vaccination: a qualitative study

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dc.contributor.authorLind, Candaceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-11T00:20:25Z
dc.date.available2015-02-11T00:20:25Z
dc.date.issued2015-01-22
dc.descriptionArticle deposited according to BioMed Central license agreement http://www.biomedcentral.com/authors/license February 10, 2015.en_US
dc.description.abstractBackground Seasonal influenza vaccine uptake among school-age children has been low, particularly among rural children, even in jurisdictions in Canada where this immunization is publicly funded. Providing this vaccination at school may be convenient for parents and might contribute to increased vaccine uptake, particularly among rural children. We explore the construct of convenience as an advantage of school based influenza vaccination. We also explore for rural urban differences in this construct. Methods Participants were parents of school-aged children from Alberta, Canada. We qualitatively analyzed focus group data from rural parents using a thematic template that emerged from prior work with urban parents. Both groups of parents had participated in focus groups to explore their perspectives on the acceptability of adding an annual influenza immunization to the immunization program that is currently delivered in Alberta schools. Data from within the theme of ‘convenience’ from both rural and urban parents were then further explored for sub-themes within convenience. Results Data were obtained from nine rural and nine urban focus groups. The template of themes that had arisen from prior analysis of the urban data applied to the rural data. Convenience was a third level theme under Advantages. Five fourth level themes emerged from within convenience. Four of the five sub-themes were common to both rural and urban participants: reduction of parental burden to schedule, reduction in parental lost time, decrease in parental stress and increase in physical access points for influenza immunization. The fifth subtheme, increases temporal access to influenza immunization, emerged uniquely from the rural data. Conclusions Both rural and urban parents perceived that convenience would be an advantage of adding an annual influenza immunization to the vaccinations currently given to Alberta children at school. Improving temporal access to such immunization may be a more relevant aspect of convenience to rural than to urban parents.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationLind, C., Russell, M. L., Collins, R., MacDonald, J., Frank, C. J., & Davis, A. E. (2015). How rural and urban parents describe convenience in the context of school-based influenza vaccination: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), 24. doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0663-5en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/34855
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/50349
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Central Health Services Researchen_US
dc.publisher.corporateUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.facultyNursingen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/15/24/abstracten_US
dc.subjectParentsen_US
dc.subjectHealth services accessibilityen_US
dc.subjectImmunization programsen_US
dc.subjectSchoolsen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectAlbertaen_US
dc.subjectQualitative researchen_US
dc.subjectHealth services researchen_US
dc.subjectCommunity health planningen_US
dc.subjectRural populationen_US
dc.titleHow rural and urban parents describe convenience in the context of school-based influenza vaccination: a qualitative studyen_US
dc.typejournal article
thesis.degree.disciplineNursingen_US
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