Influenza Virus (DNP Epidemiology Class)
- Discuss about the Influenza Virus (what it is)
- Incidence and mortality…Leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, annual mortality (Alwaidy, 2015), can also used the CDC website.
**Abbas, K. M., Kang, G. J., Chen, D., Werre, S. R., & Marathe, A. (2018). Demographics, perceptions, and socioeconomic factors affecting influenza vaccination among adults in the united states. Peer-Reviewed & Open Access, 6(1), e5171-e5179. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5171
“Influenza has caused between 9.2 million and 35.6 million illnesses, between 140,000 and 710,000 hospitalizations, and between 12,000 and 56,000 deaths annually in the United States since 2010 (CDC, 2017). Influenza vaccination is an effective public health intervention to lower the morbidity and mortality burden from influenza. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends influenza vaccination for everyone 6 months or older”
**Al-Awaidy, S., Hamid, S., Obaidani, I. A., Baqlani, S. A., Busaidi, S. A., Bawikar, S., . . . Talaat, M. (2015). The burden of influenza-associated hospitalizations in oman, january 2008-june 2013. PLoS One, 10(12), 1-12. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0144186
“Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a major cause of morbidly and mortality. Influenza virus infection is a significant contributor to the causes of ARI with estimates of the annual mortality associated with influenza ranging from 444,200–553,800 deaths globally”
- Complications (Paules… 2017)
- The importance of surveillance systems (public health), (Machablishvili,2018)
- New approaches to prevention, tx and management (Paules…2017)
-The importance of vaccination (Paules …2017), fewer overall admissions…
- Barriers to Influenza Vaccine (Knowledge, attitudes & beliefs affecting influenza vaccination. (Abbas..2018)
- Importance of Public health education, role of health care providers… increasing awareness of safety, efficacy & need for Influenza vaccine and acceptance (Abbas…2018)
**Abbas, K. M., Kang, G. J., Chen, D., Werre, S. R., & Marathe, A. (2018).
“this study provides evidence to improve the design and implementation of current and future influenza vaccination programs by leveraging the facilitators and addressing the barriers. Specifically, the public health implications of this study are that the influenza vaccination rates among adults in the United States can be improved towards the Healthy People 2020 target of 70% by increasing awareness of the safety, efficacy and need for influenza vaccination, leveraging the practices and principles of commercial and social marketing to improve vaccine trust, confidence and acceptance, and lowering out-of-pocket payments and covering influenza vaccination costs through health insurance”
- PLEASE USE MY REFERENCES, I’m attaching all the articles. If you want to use an extra reference, it must be scholarly, peer reviewed article. Please include DOI numbers on the reference page (It’s required in APA). References MUST be scholarly journal articles (Nothing from conferences, other text books online, goggle, .com).
- This assignment is for the DNP class and the grading is rigorous including grammar and APA style.
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