Perception of the A/H1N1 influenza pandemic and acceptance of influenza vaccination by Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 staff: A descriptive study.

We assessed the perception and attitudes of university staff, including medical school and other science specialties, toward the 2009 A/H1N1 influenza pandemic and influenza vaccination program. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 4,529 university personnel on October 19-20, 2009. Seven hundred (15%) employees participated in the study.

[Collecting health expectations and indicators for teaching staff via the Internet: an original approach of the Observatory for Health Personnel at the University of Lyon].

The decision-making bodies of the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) established a Health Observatory - OSPEL (Observatory of Health Personnel, University of Lyon 1) whose mission is to report epidemiological results on the health of university staff. An initial study had the following objectives: 1 / identify and collect the health issues and themes that staff wanted to see addressed by OSPEL and 2 / test the survey methodology through self-administered questionnaire via Internet from a representative sample of UCBL staff. In December 2008, a sample of 15% of the professional population of the university (n = 694) was invited by e-mail to answer a self-administered questionnaire available on the Internet.