Volume 16, Number 2—February 2010
Research
Statewide School-located Influenza Vaccination Program for Children 5–13 Years of Age, Hawaii, USA
Paul V. Effler1
, Carl Chu, Howard He, Kate Gaynor, Steve Sakamoto, Marcia Nagao, Lisa Mendez, and Sarah Y. Park
, Carl Chu, Howard He, Kate Gaynor, Steve Sakamoto, Marcia Nagao, Lisa Mendez, and Sarah Y. Park
Table 1
Person-hours expended to implement school-located influenza vaccination clinics, Hawaii, USA, 2007–08 influenza season*
| Affiliation or time | First-dose clinics, n = 345 |
Second-dose clinics, n = 277 |
Total, n = 622 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Man | Reg | Vac | Man | Reg | Vac | Man | Reg | Vac | |||
| PHN | 827 (77) | – | 1,633 (26) | 520 (83) | – | 541 (31) | 1,347 (80) | – | 2,174 (27) | ||
| DOH (non-PHN) | 155 (15) | 4,259 (72) | – | 66 (10) | 963 (75) | – | 221 (13) | 5,222 (73) | – | ||
| Contract nurses | 86 (8) | 59 (1) | 2,831 (45) | 37 (6) | 57 (4) | 994 (57) | 123 (7) | 116 (2) | 3,825 (48) | ||
| Nursing school | – | 73 (1) | 1,172 (19) | 3 (1) | 14 (1) | 31 (2) | 3 (0) | 87 (1) | 1,203 (15) | ||
| Military | – | 90 (2) | 225 (4) | – | 18 (1) | 45 (3) | 108 (2) | 270 (3) | |||
| MRC | – | 480 (8) | 390 (6) | – | 115 (9) | 118 (7) | 595 (8) | 508 (6) | |||
| Other |
– |
934 (16) |
63 (1) |
– |
8 (0) |
114 (9) |
1,048 (15) |
70 (1) |
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| Total hours | 1,068 | 5,896 | 6,313 | 626 | 1,281 | 1,736 | 1,694 | 7,177 | 8,049 | ||
| Mean hours/clinic | 3.1 | 17.1 | 18.3 | 2.3 | 4.6 | 6.3 | 2.7 | 11.5 | 12.9 | ||
*Man, managers; Reg, registration; Vac, vaccinators; PHN, Public Health Nursing Branch staff, State of Hawaii Department of Health; DOH (non-PHN), other State of Hawaii Department of Health staff, including immunization program staff; nursing school, staff preceptors, and/or nursing school students; military, US Department of Defense healthcare personnel; MRC, Medical Reserve Corps staff from Oahu, Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui Medical Reserve Corps units; other, any other volunteer not affiliated with one of the above organizations. Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated.
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