Morrison-Griffiths Sally, Gaulton Liz
a Addaction ; St Helens , UK.
b Public Health & Wellbeing; St. Helens Council ; St. Helens , UK.
Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2016;12(1):248-51. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1099770.
With the support of our local Public Health and NHS England teams, we developed a pathway of care to provide seasonal influenza vaccination to our heroin dependent service users. 340 of the 515 service users receiving opioid substitution treatment (OST) were offered the vaccination in the 2014/15 influenza season and 205 accepted it. A further 29 service users received the vaccination elsewhere. With over 50% of those on OST prescriptions known to have a diagnosed chronic condition, such as liver or respiratory disease, this was a worthwhile health intervention in a population that is known to be "hard to reach." In addition to the potential benefit to the individuals who received the seasonal influenza vaccination, there was also an opportunity to provide health advice and information surrounding chronic disease management. Service user feedback overwhelmingly supported the provision of seasonal influenza vaccination within Drug and Alcohol services.
在我们当地公共卫生部门和英国国民医疗服务体系（NHS）团队的支持下，我们制定了一条护理路径，为依赖海洛因的服务对象提供季节性流感疫苗接种服务。在2014/15流感季，515名接受阿片类药物替代治疗（OST）的服务对象中有340人获得了疫苗接种机会，其中205人接受了接种。另有29名服务对象在其他地方接种了疫苗。已知超过50%接受OST处方治疗的人患有确诊的慢性病，如肝脏或呼吸系统疾病，这对于一个被认为“难以接触到”的人群来说是一项有价值的健康干预措施。除了给接受季节性流感疫苗接种的个人带来潜在益处外，还有机会提供有关慢性病管理的健康建议和信息。服务对象的反馈压倒性地支持在毒品和酒精服务机构内提供季节性流感疫苗接种服务。
