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Response to: Effectiveness of a Program to Raise Awareness About Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Physicians and Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Multicenter Cohort Study
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Response to: Effectiveness of a Program to Raise Awareness About Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Physicians and Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Zühal Karakurt 1
Enver Yalnız 2
Sedat Altın 3
Özlem Oruç 1
Özgür Uslu 2
Nurdan Şimşek Veske 3
Oğuz Kılınç 4
Seval Kul 5
Abdullah Sayıner 6
1. Clinic of Pulmonology and Critical Care, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Süreyyapaşa Chest Diseases and Thoracic
2. Clinic of Pulmonology, University of Health Sciences Türkiye, Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Türkiye
3. Clinic of Pulmonology, İstanbul Yedikule Chest Diseases and Thoracic Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye
4. Department of Pulmonology, Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Türkiye
5. Department of Biostatistics, Gaziantep University Faculty of Medicine, Gaziantep, Türkiye
6. Department of Pulmonology, İzmir University of Economics Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Türkiye
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Received Date: 05.02.2025
Accepted Date: 06.03.2025
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DEAR EDITOR,

Regarding our article “Effectiveness of a Programme to Raise Awareness About Pneumococcal Vaccination Among Physicians and Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases” that was published in Thoracic Research and Practice in 2024, we have reviewed your letter to the editor.1 We firmly believe that a vital part of this endeavor is played by family doctors and other medical staff at family health centers. Considering that vaccination is practiced in our nation, particularly in primary care, we think that raising awareness will result in a rise in vaccination rates and a drop in hospitalizations due to pneumonia. Given the importance of family doctors in family health centers at primary care, we appreciate MD. Uğraş and MD. Şimşek’s2 care and attention.

Authorship Contributions

Concept: Z.K., Ö.O., O.K., A.S., Design: Z.K., E.Y., S.A., Ö.O., O.K., S.K., A.S., Data Collection or Processing: Z.K., E.Y., S.A., Ö.O., Ö.U., N.Ş.V., Analysis or Interpretation: Z.K., S.K., Literature Search: Z.K., E.Y., S.A., Ö.O., Ö.U., N.Ş.V., O.K., A.S., Writing: Z.K., E.Y., S.A., Ö.O., Ö.U., N.Ş.V., O.K., S.K., A.S.
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

References

1
Karakurt Z, Yalnız E, Altın S, et al. Effectiveness of a program to raise awareness about pneumococcal vaccination among physicians and patients with chronic respiratory diseases: a multicenter cohort study.Thorac Res Pract.2024;25(2):75-81.
2
Uğraş E, Şimşek E. Comment on: enhancing pneumococcal vaccination rates through family physicians: addressing challenges and raising awareness. Thorac Res Pract.
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