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Using electronic mail to improve MMR uptake amongst third level students.
Cooney, F Ryan, A Schinaia, N Breslin, A
Cooney, F
Ryan, A
Schinaia, N
Breslin, A
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Date
2010-03
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Disease Outbreaks
Electronic Mail
Female
Humans
Ireland
Male
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Mumps
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Questionnaires
Students
Electronic Mail
Female
Humans
Ireland
Male
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine
Mumps
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Questionnaires
Students
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This study assessed the usefulness of email in informing third level students about special MMR clinics being provided on campus during a mumps outbreak in the North West of Ireland. Email messages were sent directly to students, informing them of the clinics, inviting them to make a clinic appointment by email and providing details of walk-in clinics. At the clinics, all 177 attendees were asked to fill out a questionnaire and the response rate was 89% (n=158). Regarding the main sources of information about the vaccination clinics, email was selected by 117 (74%) students, word-of-mouth by 27 (17%), posters/leaflets by 8 (5%), and other sources by 6 (4%). Use of email as a source of information was rated as very good/excellent by 115 (73%), as good by 35 (22%) and poor/fair by 8 (5%). This study demonstrates that email is a useful and acceptable way of informing third level students about immunisation clinics in an outbreak situation.
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en
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0332-3102
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20666068