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Community Of Immunity: A Process Improvement To Increase Influenza Vaccination Uptake, Macy Ball
Community Of Immunity: A Process Improvement To Increase Influenza Vaccination Uptake, Macy Ball
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Background & Review of Evidence: Annual flu vaccination has been recommended for everyone over the age of six months (National Foundation for Infectious Disease [NFID], 2016). A low flu vaccination rate among college students living in a residential community poses the risk for spreading a highly-contagious respiratory illness caused by the virus. Students have the ability to spread the disease to everyone around them in their dormitories, classrooms, shared restrooms and via social gatherings (NFID, 2016). College students who contract the flu virus experience approximately eight or more days of the illness (NFID, 2016).
Purpose: The purpose of …