Objectives: This study investigated factors affecting influenza vaccination among poultry and livestock workers in order to promote influenza vaccination. Methods: The subjects of this study came from the Bureau of Health's 2007 list of poultry and livestock workers in Hualien County. The author personally interviewed each subject utilizing a structured questionnaire and research data was generated from 136 of the 202 listed poultry and livestock workers in Hualien City, Chian, and Shoufong townships. This represented an effective response rate of 67.33%. Results: The results of this study revealed that 35.3% of Hualien's poultry and livestock workers had not been vaccinated against influenza in the past five years. The primary factors affecting influenza vaccination were: education level (F=3.965, p＜0.01), regular exercise (F=9.183, p＜0.01), self-rated health (F=3.537, p＜0.01), and presence of a high-risk disease (t=-4.925, p＜0.01). The independent variables of health beliefs, self-efficacy, and social support had significantly positive correlations with influenza vaccination. Self-efficacy was the major independent variable in predicting influenza vaccination for poultry and livestock workers. Conclusions: This study demonstrated that subjects with a low education level, regular exercise, low self-rated health, and with high-risk diseases were more likely to have received influenza vaccination. Agricultural authority' channels are recommended to promote the benefit of influenza vaccinations to the poultry and livestock workers who are more educated, do fewer exercises, and have no high-risk diseases and better self-rated health in order to raise their belief in the value of influenza vaccination.

禽畜養殖業者 ； 健康信念 ； 流感疫苗

poultry and livestock workers, health belief, influenza vaccination