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Abstract

Influenza vaccination coverage among healthcare workers is unacceptably low despite the recommendations of health authorities, to assess the level of knowledge of paramedical staff regarding influenza vaccine. Across sectional study, were carried out for a period of 6 month a total of 400 of paramedical staff were choosing by multistage sample technique through direct interview.The mean age of study sample was 38.4±10.9 year ranging from 20 to 62 year, and the highest percentage (30.8%) were from those 30-39 years age group and most of them were females (67.3%) living in urban area (98.0%), with their level of education of medical institute (66.5%), married (74.3%), and they were all working in PHCs (100%). The knowledge score for the 45 items ranged from (90-125), (Mean±SD 109.1±7.2), knowledge about influenza vaccine is considered acceptable (68.3%), Fear from side effects was the major barrier, while Influenza vaccine is safe and Preventing the spread of the virus to family were the major reason to receive the vaccine. The studied sample of paramedical staff had good and acceptable score for knowledge toward influenza vaccine; Misconceptions and access to influenza vaccine were the main barriers to uptake of influenza vaccine. Medical programs need to emphasis the benefits of influenza vaccination in the protection of healthcare workers and patient safety across the medical education program.

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