Foreign Study Ensuring quality of immunization services in the private sector Recent study conducted in Cambodia, assessed the

scope of practice and quality of care and to identify opportunities for the development of models of collaboration between Public and private health sector. The private sector demonstrated a lack of quality of care and management in terms of health workers knowledge of immunization schedules, waste vaccine management practices and exchange of health information with the public sector. Policy and operational guidelines are required for private sector immunization practices that address critical subject areas, such as setting of standards capacity-building, public sector monitoring and exchange of health information bet the public and private sector. Such public and private will keep pace with the trends towards the development of private sector provision of health services in developing countries This contrast with the findings of a recent international review of quality of immunizations service management and provision in the public sector, which concluded that, although aspects of vaccine management at all levels was relatively good despite financial human resources and geographical constraints An important outcome of the policy forum was the agreement between the public and private sector to establish contractual agreements between facilities and the nip, specifying the roles and responsibilities of public and private partner in improving immunization.(Evaluation of Immunization Knowledge, Pratices and Service delivery in the Private sector in Cambodia; Seong, Grundy, morn, Samnang, March 2008) Factors influencing Turkish hospital nurses' attitudes towards their profession On the study conducted by Altuntas, Serap entitled Factors influencing Turkish hospital nurses' attitudes towards their profession research was conducted as a descriptive study for the purpose of determining nurses' attitudes towards their profession and the factors influencing their attitudes. A quota sampling method was used to determine the number of nurses, and initially, it was planned to include 1000 nurses from private and public hospitals in the study; however,

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Studies shows with higher levels of education, specifically those with bachelor's degree or higher, had better attitudes towards their profession may be associated with their ability to adapt to and internalize more easily their work due to the better knowledge and skills gained through education. In addition, nurses were observed to have more idealistic approaches with higher levels of education In conclusion, the nurses in the present research demonstrated an average level of attitude towards their profession, which was affected by certain factors including the institution they were employed, their educational level, position, professional experience, willing choice of the profession, satisfaction with working as a nurse, whether they were considering to change their jobs, whether their social lives were affected by the nursing profession, how they were assigned to the units they were employed, and their workload (number of patients they were responsible per day).
http://www.faqs.org/periodicals/201004/2168653931.html Knowledge and attitudes regarding influenza vaccination among nurses Influenza vaccination rates among nurses remain suboptimal despite health authority recommendations in many countries and several vaccination campaign program to encourage nurses to be vaccinated in many institutions. Research studies investigate the relationship between knowledge and attitudes towards influenza vaccination and nurses vaccination practices published between 2003 and 2010. All the studies were descriptive and relied upon self-report data. The findings of this review indicate a relationship between knowledge, attitudes and vaccination practices of nurses. There were three main findings: first, there was a strong association between nurses knowledge of influenza and vaccination and their vaccination status; second, the surveys showed a positive relationship between perceptions of influenza as a serious illness and vaccination as effective and safe and a positive vaccination status; and third, there was a relationship between nurses vaccination status and their reported promotion of vaccination to their patients. This review indicates that higher knowledge and positive attitudes towards influenza vaccination have a significantly positive association with vaccination coverage among nurses. http://centerforvaccineethicsandpolicy.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/review-article-influenzavaccination-among-nurses/

Vaccine Volume 28, Issue 44 pp. 7137-7240 (18 October 2010) Knowledge and attitudes regarding influenza vaccination among nurses: A research review Original Research Article Pages 7207-7214 Jing Zhang, Alison E. While, Ian J. Norman