Keywords

college students, community health, flu, interprofessional collaboration, nursing, vaccine

 

Authors

  1. Hargrave, Kristi

Abstract

ABSTRACT: In spite of an increased risk of transmission of influenza on college campuses, only 20% or fewer of college students in the United States receive the flu vaccine. This project evaluated an existing university program for flu vaccination, resulting in a collaboration pilot program in which a pharmacy conducted a mobile health clinic on campus. The percentage of students who obtained a flu vaccine from this initiative rose from about 4% to 9.46%, a 131% increase over the historical average.