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Background and study aims Asking questions about a behaviour can change that behaviour – called the Question Behaviour Effect (QBE). The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of interventions based on the QBE at promoting influenza vaccination in health professionals. We will also examine the potential importance of past behaviour as a moderator in QBE studies. Who can participate? All staff at a teaching hospital in the UK What does the study involve? Hospital staff are invited to visit a website. Those visiting the website provide their personal details, job details and socio-demographic measures (gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, number of children). Participants are randomly allocated to one of three groups. Participants in the control group do not complete any further questions. Participants in the standard questionnaire group complete questions about anticipated regret, intentions and attitudes in relation to influenza vaccination. Participants in the standard + beneficence questionnaire group complete questions about anticipated regret, benefits, intentions and attitudes in relation to influenza vaccination. We used vaccination records to assess whether they received influenza vaccination during 2010-11 (past behavior) and 2011-12 (future behavior). What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? Participating will help us to develop ways to increase vaccination rates. There are no risks. Where is the study run from? University of Leeds (UK) When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? October 2011 to March 2012 Who is funding the study? Economic and Social Research Council (UK) Who is the main contact? Prof Mark Conner [email protected]

Inclusion criteria

• Influenza

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