Instituting a multi-pronged clinical and business protocol to increase primary care influenza rates

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dc.contributor.advisorKeys, Yolanda
dc.contributor.advisorKeys, YolandaKeys, Yolanda
dc.contributor.authorChipman, Melanie
dc.contributor.authorChipman, Melanie
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-18T19:53:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-18T19:53:05Z
dc.date.available2020-10-18T19:53:05Z
dc.date.available2020-10-18T19:53:05Z
dc.date.issued2020-08
dc.date.issued2020-082020-08
dc.description.abstractLow immunization rates put the herd immunity of communities at risk. Illness from influenza is responsible for a large number of hospitalizations and deaths annually. Influenza vaccination is the best way to reduce flu-related illness and death. Higher influenza vaccination rates within a population can reduce the potential of a flu outbreak and offer protection for vulnerable populations. This quality improvement (QI) project focuses on improving late-season flu immunizations from January through March 2020 in an adult urban primary care office by maximizing existing clinic resources. Guiding conceptual and theoretical models for the QI project were the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) model and the Health Belief Model (HBM). Upon completion of the QI project, no single intervention stood out as the best method to improve influenza immunization rates. The improvement in influenza rates seemed to be secondary to all the interventions being used together: provider and patient education, walk in immunization availability, social media promotion, and a late season push to capture unvaccinated patients. Keywords: flu, flu shot, herd immunity, immunization, influenza, influenza immunization, primary care, vaccinations, vaccineen_US
dc.description.collegeCollege of Nursing and Health Sciencesen_US
dc.description.departmentNursing Practiceen_US
dc.format.extent37 pagesen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89081
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89081https://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/89081
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
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dc.rights.holderChipman, Melanie
dc.rights.holderChipman, MelanieChipman, Melanie
dc.subjectfluen_US
dc.subjectflu shoten_US
dc.subjectherd immunityen_US
dc.subjectinfluenzaen_US
dc.subjectprimary careen_US
dc.subjectvaccinationsen_US
dc.subject.lcshnursingen_US
dc.subject.lcshimmunologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshvirologyen_US
dc.titleInstituting a multi-pronged clinical and business protocol to increase primary care influenza ratesen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dc.type.genreDissertationen_US
dcterms.typeText
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thesis.degree.disciplineNursing Practice DNPen_US
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A & M University--Corpus Christien_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Nursing Practiceen_US

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