Perception and awareness of COVID-19 among health science students and staff of Kuwait University: An online cross-sectional study

Alali, Walid; Alajmi, Dhuha; Altawalah, Haya; Kheirallah, Khalid A.; Yimer, Getnet

doi:10.12688/f1000research.54046.1

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“…This drew students' attention to the pandemic. A similar study by Alali et al (2021) and Alheneidi et al (2021) in Kuwait Universities revealed that 54% of students had heard of COVID-19. In the same study, the major source of information was social media.…”

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Effect of coronavirus on students food security status: A case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Selorm¹,

Alexander²,

Comfort³

et al. 2022

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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Coronavirus is a novel virus that hit the world starting from developed countries to under-developed countries. Ghana is amongst the countries in Africa that observed some level of confinement by their government leading to the shutdown of various institutions including schools. The resulting impact of the policy saw students being more vulnerable to food insecurity and related issues. This paper examines the effect of Coronavirus on students' food insecurity status at the University of Cape Coast. The research design adopted for this study was the cross-sectional survey design with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana being the study area. A total of 291 students were randomly selected to participate in the study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The findings of the study show that socioeconomic characteristics of students and food insecurity status showed no association. Students rated the extent of the effect of the pandemic as moderate and the major area of academic life affected was the change in the academic calendar. Class attendance was the most perceived effect of the pandemic. Students also reported that they were rarely food insecure. The study further found out that the best predictors of students' food insecurity were age, current level, insurance and employment status. The major challenge faced by students during Coronavirus was difficulties in their academics. This led students to adopt mitigation strategies such as online studies, paying heel to Coronavirus protocols, and self-support to mitigate the pandemic's impact. The study concluded that the academic activities of students of the University of Cape Coast were affected moderately by the pandemic and therefore recommends that the University of Cape Coast should improve its information and communication technology infrastructure to make online classes easier and the school should increase funding opportunity to less privilege students.

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Effect of coronavirus on students food security status: A case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Selorm¹,

Alexander²,

Comfort³

et al. 2022

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…Moreover, the prevalence of vaccine hesitancy was high among older people, the less educated, day-labourers and chronically diseased individuals [ 24 ], while vaccine acceptance intention was high in students [ 17 ] and young adults [ 18 ] in Bangladesh. Globally speaking, an 89.4% positive intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine was found among medical students in India [ 30 ], and 75% of university students agreed to take the COVID-19 vaccine in Kuwait [ 31 ].These results are consistent with our findings.…”

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Potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional comparative study

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This study investigated COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, and compared the potential factors influencing vaccine acceptance and hesitancy between public university (PuU) and private university (PrU) students in Bangladesh. An anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was sent to 640 PuU and 660 PrU students in Google Form between 25th September and 22nd November 2021, which resulted in the participation of 1034 (461 PuU vs. 573 PrU) respondents (response rate: 72.03% vs. 86.81%). The pooled vaccine acceptance rates among PuU and PrU students were almost similar (88.1%, 95% CI 85.1─91.1 vs. 87.6%, 95% CI 84.6─90.6). Employing binary logistic regression to assess the association between various potential factors and vaccine acceptance, the study revealed that out of 10 predictors, "safety" and "efficacy" had highly significant positive associations with vaccine acceptance in both cohorts (p=0.000 ,p=0.005). "Political roles" was found to have varied effects─ a significant (p=0.02) negative and a significant positive (p=0.002) association with vaccine acceptance in PuU and PrU students, respectively.Additionally, "communication" (p=0.003) and "trust" (p=0.01) were found to have significant positive associations in PrU students while "rumors" (p=0.03) had negative association in PuU students. The odds of accepting the COVID-19 vaccine were 1.5 vs. 0.9 in PuU and PrU students. Although chi-square analysis did not show any significant association between gender and vaccine acceptance, discrepancies were found in the factors that potentially affect vaccine uptake decision between PuU and PrU students.COVID-19 vaccine uptake may be improved if vaccine-related information becomes available and is communicated to large numbers of people effectively. The implementation of multidisciplinary interventional educational programs may also be considered as a preferred approach to improve student's engagement in pandemic awareness and vaccine readiness.

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“…However, the observation in this study contradicts the results by who reported that university students trusted official government sources and information obtained from health workers. 15 This meant that there was less trust in information obtained from social media or family and friends. According to these scholars, this may reflect the education of participants and their initiative in seeking information regularly as well as due to the regular dissemination of information by the government communication channel.…”

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“…Since these students represent a particular segment of the community, they, according to are more likely to adhere to guidelines compared to the general public. 15 The majority (97.2%) indicated that the vaccine should be administered free of charge in Zimbabwe, while 73.4% revealed that they would not afford the vaccine at their own expense if it was not provided free by the government. This observation is also in agreement with a study in Bangladesh in which 95% participants reported that the vaccine should be free for people.…”

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“…14 More so, of these few studies have mainly focused on students in the health sciences (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nurses) for the reason that they would be the next generation of health leaders. 15 In contrast, little is known about perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccine among students in other disciplines such as arts, gender, education, commerce, social studies, agriculture and natural sciences. In addition, no studies to date have examined the perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination among Zimbabwean university students.…”

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An assessment of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of great Zimbabwe university students towards COVID-19 vaccination-Zimbabwe

Mabika

2022

Int J Sci Rep

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Background: Vaccination is one of the most effective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. However, the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of the intended population towards vaccination is important for successful implementation of the exercise. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of Great Zimbabwe University students towards COVID-19 vaccination.Methods: An online survey was conducted from 01 November to 17 December 2021 by requesting students to complete a questionnaire which was set up using Google forms. The generated link was shared on student portals.Results: The most common source of information on COVID-19 vaccination was social media. The majority of the respondents demonstrated their knowledge of how COVID-19 is transmitted and indicated that they would take the COVID-19 vaccine if it is available. Most respondents indicated that they would encourage family/ friends/relatives to get vaccinated. About 87% were worried about being infected with COVID-19 and 26.4% were hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccine. Over 68 % perceived that vaccination would stop the spread of COVID-19. About 81% feared that there was a high risk of getting infected with COVID-19 at the university.Conclusions: The majority of university students intended to get the COVID-19 vaccine; The sources of information cited by the students should be prioritized in disseminating COVID 19 vaccination information. These findings can help the Ministry of Health plan for future efforts to increase vaccine uptake that may eventually lead to herd immunity against COVID-19.

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Perception and awareness of COVID-19 among health science students and staff of Kuwait University: An online cross-sectional study

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

Effect of coronavirus on students food security status: A case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Effect of coronavirus on students food security status: A case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Potential factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy among university students in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional comparative study

An assessment of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of great Zimbabwe university students towards COVID-19 vaccination-Zimbabwe

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