La Revue de médecine interne
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Although being complex, suicide is a phenomenon considered as preventable, and its prevention has been made as a public health priority. Some interventions to prevent suicide have been evaluated, such as the education of the healthcare workers, especially in the suicidal assessment (suicidal risk and suicidal emergency/dangerousness), the diagnosis and management of common mental disorders, the care provided after a suicide attempt, the restriction access to common means of suicide, the use of websites to educate the public, or the appropriate reports of suicide in media. ⋯ To be efficient, prevention programs should simultaneously include different strategies targeting several known risk factors for suicide. Clinicians play a crucial role in the suicide prevention strategies.
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The rate of vaccination in HCWs in France remains low. We aimed to analyze the attitude and beliefs of HCWs toward influenza vaccination in Internal Medicine wards. ⋯ Influenza vaccination coverage among HCWs in Internal Medicine remains low. Education campaigns targeting in priority nurses and nurse assistants is mandatory to improve the compliance of HCWs to vaccination recommendation.