[Pilot campaign to promote vaccination: description preliminary results of a regional French program].
OBJECTIVE
In 2003, the Franche-Comté decided to launch an innovating program, with the support of many national partners. The objective was to improve the vaccine coverage of Franche-Comté population.


METHODS
It consisted in organizing every year (for three years) a week of vaccination with the active assistance of community healthcare professionals (doctors, pharmacists, etc.) and to develop complementary activities during the year: media campaign, visits to all local physicians, training, written data (posters, booklets, etc.), implementing an exhibition.


RESULTS
This program is not yet finished. However, the first results (after two years) are very encouraging. Several types of evaluation were carried out: 1) PROCESS: inquiry with physicians; 2) IMPACT: follow-up of vaccine refunding evolution. The notoriety of the program seems important with physicians. They declared having changed their vaccination behavior with their patients. After the vaccination week, the number of vaccines refunded in the next 2 months (compared to the same reference period in 2003) increased by 10% in 2005, after a first increase of 5% in 2004.


CONCLUSIONS
The initial analysis confirms that the impact of "a vaccination week" seems to reinforce regional vaccine coverage. Moreover, WHO Europe and the French Health Ministry have decided to extend this program to the national level in 2007.
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Union régionale des caisses d'assurance maladie de Franche-Comté, 1 bis, rue Delavelle, 25000 Besançon, France. fbaudier@urcam.org
Tarrapey
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Leboube
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003153:Community Health Services; D005602:France; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014611:Vaccination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data