COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among College Students at a Midwest University

Wotring, Amy; Hutchins, Matthew; Johnson, Maureen; Ferng, Shiaw-Fen; Strawser, Cassondra; Pfrank, Heather; Warner, Matthew; Behrendt, Linda S.

doi:10.1007/s10900-021-01051-7

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“…In this context, some people think that vaccinations are not in accordance with religious rules. This is a vital barrier to increasing vaccination coverage [ 3 ]. Because these people refuse to be vaccinated because of religious rules, they will not be vaccinated even if they think it is helpful [ 6 ].…”

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“…Moreover, not knowing the effectiveness of the vaccines is another significant problem with respect to the vaccine hesitancy. Furthermore, because some people think that vaccines are not religiously appropriate, this problem has increased [ 3 ]. Therefore, some precautions should be taken for these countries to overcome vaccine hesitancy problem [ 4 ].…”

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This study defines key issues for sustainable healthcare policy in COVID-19 period. For this purpose, 9 different criteria that affect vaccine hesitancy are selected with the help of a detailed literature evaluation. A novel hybrid fuzzy decision-making model is developed using DEMATEL and TOPSIS based on q-Rung orthopair fuzzy sets. A comparative evaluation has also been performed using IF DEMATEL and PF DEMATEL. The results of all different methods are almost the same that indicates the reliability and coherency of the proposed model. The findings demonstrate that religion is the most critical factor that causes vaccine hesitancy. It is also defined that active population in daily life is the most important alternative. Developing countries should mainly focus on the actions regarding the religious issues to have sustainable healthcare policies in COVID-19 period. In this context, religious leaders can be released to the media and give information that the vaccine is not against religious rules. This has a significant contribution to convince people who are against the vaccine. Furthermore, these countries should also give priorities to the active population in daily life. Because this group supports the workforce in the country very seriously, it can be possible to increase the workforce in the country by completing the vaccination of this group that helps to boost economic development.

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“…Evidence also indicates that postsecondary institutions in particular have achieved very high vaccination rates -higher that in the general populationof 82% according to some sources (ACHA, 2022). However, as of now many influential observers, including postsecondary institutions themselves, still claim that not only achieving, but also maintaining, high "up-todate" vaccination rates -through mandates if necessaryremains critical to contain the crisis and prevent viral spread, within them and beyond (Lenton, 2022;Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, 2022;Story & Chernos-Lin, 2021;Wotring et al, 2022), a position that research on vaccination uptake in postsecondary institutions appears to endorse.…”

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In the name of health and illness: An inquiry into Covid-19 vaccination policy in postsecondary education in Canada (published https://researchandappliedmedicine.com/revistas/vol1/revista6/vacunacion-covid-ingles.pdf)

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Hemsing²

2023

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Since the launch of the Covid-19 global vaccination campaign in December of 2020, vaccination in postsecondary institutions has been a contested issue. International evidence indicates that these institutions have achieved high vaccination rates and Canadian public health agencies exclude them entirely from the list of institutions at risk of outbreaks. On the other hand, influential observers, and postsecondary institutions themselves insist that not only achieving, but also maintaining, “up-to-date” vaccination - through mandates if necessary – remains critical to contain the crisis. However, with the increasing recognition that vaccines do not stop viral spread, that young populations are at exceedingly low risk of severe Covid-19, hospitalization, and death - with a survival rate of over 99.98% - and that mandated medical interventions have a troubled history with repercussions to this day, the soundness of current vaccination policies in postsecondary institutions cannot be assumed. Drawing from the medicalization tradition and interpretive phenomenology, our study explores, through in-depth interviews, how vaccination policies within and beyond postsecondary institutions have shaped perceptions of the Covid-19 crisis, beliefs about the role, risks, and benefits of vaccination, and life choices and chances of students in Canada. We find that students largely comply with vaccination policies, whether by conviction, convenience, or coercion, and that the discourse and social practices promoted by the policies limit opportunities for free debate and exchange across vaccination statuses. Regardless of this status, students do resist, albeit very limitedly given the high cost of noncompliance. We discuss the implications of our findings for policy, equity, and for the power of medical social control in the Covid-19 era.

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“…Other studies also reported that the aforementioned factors predicted hesitancy concerning COVID-19 vaccination and make students to not intend to take the vaccine. 3,4,21,[27][28][29][30][31] Having such kind of concerns almost after a year from the COVID-19 vaccines first distribution in the KRI is problematic as these students could be seen as role models by their communities and in turn will encourage people to avoid the vaccine. Such perspectives could be diminished by conducting regular scientific workshops and disseminating evidence-based Understanding students' perspectives regarding COVID-19 vaccine and their hesitancy or uptake is essential in devising appropriate strategies by governments.…”

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“…The percentage of students who were unvaccinated was higher compared to other studies, for instance, 50% of students in a study conducted in a public university in Indiana in the United States reported to be vaccinated. 21 In addition, another study conducted in Colombia found that students' attitude toward the COVID-19 vaccination was still negative. 22 Although the percentage of unvaccinated students was also high in another study conducted on medical students at a Caribbean medical school, 23 the findings of the current study is a bit worrying as almost after a year of vaccination distribution in the KRI, a substantial number of students were unvaccinated or still were indecisive to take the vaccine.…”

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University students’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination

M-Amen¹

2022

Zanco J Med Sci

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Background and objective: Community immunity to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an end will be achieved by a successful vaccination against COVID-19. All university students in Kurdistan Regional Government were required to receive the COVID-19 vaccines. The aim of this study is to identify the university students’ perspectives about the COVID-19 vaccination and their willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study using self-administered online survey was conducted among the university students from 14th to 28th February 2022. All undergraduate students at different Colleges of Hawler Medical University were invited to take part in the study. A convenience sampling method was applied to reach the sample through using Google form. Results: In total, 644 students participated in the study; around half (47.5%) of them have received the vaccine. There were significant statistical associations between selected students’ characteristics and their COVID-19 vaccination status. The following factors were associated with high rate of vaccination: students aged older than 20 years old (P = 0.01), being male (P = 0.037), senior students (P ˂0.001), being infected with the COVID-19 infection (P = 0.048), and having family members with chronic disease (P = 0.003). Conclusion: The current study revealed significant findings as the majority of students were still unvaccinated at a time where the COVID-19 vaccines were available to them. Having concern about serious side effects of the vaccine and its safety were the main reasons for vaccine avoidance, whereas, requiring students to be vaccinated by the place where they study was the main reason to take the vaccine. Future studies further exploring the factors contributing to vaccine hesitancy and avoidance seems essential.

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COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among College Students at a Midwest University

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

An Integrated Decision-Making Approach Based on q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets in Service Industry

An Integrated Decision-Making Approach Based on q-Rung Orthopair Fuzzy Sets in Service Industry

In the name of health and illness: An inquiry into Covid-19 vaccination policy in postsecondary education in Canada (published https://researchandappliedmedicine.com/revistas/vol1/revista6/vacunacion-covid-ingles.pdf)

University students’ perspectives on COVID-19 vaccination

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