FLU: Evaluating the implementation of vaccinating school-aged children against seasonal influenza
Mixed method evaluation of the implementation of a national programme to immunise school-aged children against seasonal influenza, with four strands of activity:
- Operational research analysis of the different approaches adopted by provider organisations when delivering immunisation in school settings and of the role of uncertainty in limiting vaccine utilisation
- Organisational ethnography studying the barriers and facilitators experienced by those working to implement the programme at national and local level
- Attitudinal research to capture parental perspectives on aspects of the programme
- And health economic analysis of implementation costs and of different staffing model
Principal Investigator: Professor Martin Utley
Co-investigators:
Prof Naomi Fulop
Prof Rob Horne
Prof Steve Morris
Dr Angus Ramsay
Dr Simon Turner
Dr Pauline Paterson
Research team:
Dr Sarah Perman
Dr Will Schulz
Dr Heidi Larson
Dr Abigail Baim-Lance
Dr Sarah Jane Besser
Dr Luca Grieco
Dr Mariya Melnychuk
Dr Andrew Wilshere
Funder: Department of Health Policy Research Programme
Start Date: 2013
Project Duration: 3 years
Contact: angus.ramsay@ucl.ac.uk