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March 22-23, 2017 | Rome, Italy
2nd World Congress on
Public Health & Nutrition
Volume 7, Issue 1 (Suppl) J Community Med Health Educ 2017
ISSN: 2161-0711, JCMHE an open access journal Public Health 2017
March 22-23, 2017
VACCINATION OF INFLUENZAON COLLEGE CAMPUSES (VICC): ASTUDYTO IDENTIFYTHE
CORRELATION OF DETERMINANTS ON INFLUENZAVACCINATION RATE DISPARITIES
J Eatona
aSaginaw Valley State University, USA
Amajority of college students receive the influenza vaccination at a significantly lower rate than do other demographic groups.
Due to highly populated environments on college campuses, college students are more susceptible to contracting influenza and
participating in the spread of disease. Influenza vaccination is an effective method to minimizing this increase in risk. However, in
spite of this, low rates of college students receive yearly vaccination. Therefore, understanding the correlation between determinants
and influenza vaccination rate disparities among college students is necessary in order to determine future methods of addressing
such rates in order to help prevent future spread of disease within a particular population. A literature review will be conducted to
identify potential determinants that may play a role in influenza vaccination rate disparities among college students such as level of
parental education, household income, and employment status. A questionnaire will then be compiled to include basic demographical
information, as well as questions related to the determinants identified in the literature review. A random sample of college students
(n=400) will then be recruited to participate and complete the questionnaire. It will be dispersed using the following methods:
1. University resources such as email lists
2. Online forums of communication
3. In person contacts
Findings will then be analyzed to distinguish the level correlation among determinants related to influenza vaccination rates among
college students.
Biography
Jarrod Eaton is a senior undergraduate student who will be graduating from Saginaw Valley State University located in Michigan this upcoming May of 2017. Eaton
has been a part of several research projects during his undergraduate career. Meanwhile, he has also served a term as the student body president at SVSU. Eaton
plans to attend graduate school in the Fall of 2017 to pursue a Master’s Degree in Global Health Epidemiology. He will then go on to pursue a career working as
an epidemiologist with organizations such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization.
J Eaton, J Community Med Health Educ 2017, 7:1 (Suppl)