title: 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccination coverage among college students from 8 universities in North Carolina.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors sought to describe the 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccine coverage of college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 4,090 college students from 8 North Carolina universities participated in a confidential, Web-based survey in October-November 2009.
  
  
  METHODS
  Associations between self-reported 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccination and demographic characteristics, campus activities, parental education, and e-mail usage were assessed by bivariate analyses and by a mixed-effects model adjusting for clustering by university.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, 20% of students (range 14%-30% by university) reported receiving 2009-2010 seasonal influenza vaccine. Being a freshman, attending a private university, having a college-educated parent, and participating in academic clubs/honor societies predicted receipt of influenza vaccine in the mixed-effects model.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The self-reported 2009-2010 influenza vaccine coverage was one-quarter of the 2020 Healthy People goal (80%) for healthy persons 18 to 64 years of age. College campuses have the opportunity to enhance influenza vaccine coverage among its diverse student populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. kpoehlin@wakehealth.edu
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Poehling
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blocker
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ip
authors.forename: Timothy R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolfson
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005191:Family Characteristics; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006291:Health Policy; D040361:Healthy People Programs / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007252:Influenza Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020407:Internet; D009657:North Carolina; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014495:Universities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D007252:Influenza Vaccines