Knowledge, attitudes and practices about influenza A(H1N1) 2009, and influenza vaccine in Mexico: results of a population survey

• Published in: Salud pública de México 2012-11, Vol.54 (6), p.607-615
• Main Authors: Jiménez-Corona, María Eugenia, Aguilar-Díaz, Fátima del Carmen, León-Solís, Lizbel Esperanza, Morales-Virgen, Juan José, de León-Rosales, Samuel Ponce
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Surveys; Humans; Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype; Influenza Vaccines; Influenza, Human - epidemiology; Influenza, Human - prevention & control; Male; Mexico - epidemiology; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1606-7916
• DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342012000600009

To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza pandemic, with special emphasis on issues related to influenza vaccine, seasonal and pandemic. Cross-sectional study, probabilistic multistage sampling in patients over 18 years, residents of Mexico City (and metropolitan area), Monterrey, Guadalajara and Merida in December 2009. A total of 1.600 subjects (48.9% male) were interviewed, 34% had previously received seasonal flu vaccine, 90.6% were willing to be vaccinated against A(H1N1), 46.5% of those who would not receive the vaccine was because they did not trust A (H1N1), 68% considered influenza A (H1N1) as a risk for their family. Hand washing was the preventive measure most commonly reported (47.5%), secondly influenza vaccine (28%). Schooling (1.7, p=0.006) and age (1.02, p