About this Presentation
Influenza is a potentially fatal disease that has severe side-effects in many people, especially the elderly. Vaccination is the most effective way to prevent the condition and all Australians over six months of age should be encouraged to have this. Advising patients to be vaccinated and discussing their concerns has been proven to increase national vaccination rates.
About the Expert
A/Prof John Litt
A/Prof John Litt is a public health physician and has been the Associate Professor in the Discipline of General Practice at Flinders University. His teaching activities focused on coordinating the teaching of general practice and arranging placement for medical students in the Flinders University Medical Course. His major clinical and research interests are in prevention and its implementation He has over 100 refereed publications (journal articles, book and book chapters) including co authorship of the Australian General Practice Smoking Cessation Guidelines and its updates and the RACGP prevention guidelines.
