Hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines among medical students in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study
| العنوان: | Hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines among medical students in Southwest China: a cross-sectional study |
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| المؤلفون: | Jian Tang, Yu Zheng, Mei Li, Xingli Yu, Dinglin Fan, Yanhua Chen, Jianlan Ren, Dongmei Luo, Linrui Jiang, Yue Luo |
| المصدر: | Hum Vaccin Immunother |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | China, medicine.medical_specialty, COVID-19 Vaccines, Students, Medical, Higher education, Cross-sectional study, Immunology, Specialty, Health literacy, Public opinion, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Social media, Pharmacology, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Vaccination, COVID-19, Cross-Sectional Studies, Family medicine, Female, Vaccination Hesitancy, business, Research Paper |
| الوصف: | Vaccine hesitancy is an obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination. This study aims to inform the vaccine hesitancy and analyze related factors toward COVID-19 vaccination among medical students in China, so as to provide suggestions for increasing vaccines uptake. An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among medical students in a medical university and a health school. A total of 2,196 valid questionnaires were received. 41.2% vaccine hesitancy was reported among medical students in total. Female (OR = 1.336) and individuals with higher education (OR = 1.724) reported slightly higher vaccine hesitancy. Being in low-risk areas and no need to get vaccinated (OR = 2.285), fear of serious consequences of vaccination (OR = 1.929), being in good health and no need to be vaccinated (OR = 1.891), being concerned about short-term side effects (OR = 1.793) and being concerned that the vaccine was ineffective (OR = 1.694) had higher prevalence of vaccine hesitancy. Those who were believing the specialty of study or work environment made vaccination necessary (OR = 0.378), believing they were susceptible to COVID-19 (OR = 0.411) and the vaccine was free (OR = 0.519) were more willing to get vaccinated. Confidence in vaccines and perceptions of benefits and risk are associated with vaccine hesitancy. It is important to strengthen vaccine health literacy education for medical students and enhance vaccine confidence. Countries need to supervise the public opinions in social media, television broadcasting and other media, so as to ensure the correct orientation of public opinion. Open and transparent evidence-based information is also needed which can help improve the vaccination coverage rate of the public. |
| تدمد: | 2164-554X 2164-5515 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::4d386f11e76ec5c06c6f1d5e8c3e0c0f https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2021.1957648 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....4d386f11e76ec5c06c6f1d5e8c3e0c0f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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