Perceptions of mumps and MMR vaccination among university students in England: An online survey

Factors Influencing University Nursing Students' Measles Vaccination Rate During a Community Measles Outbreak

“…However, the nursing students of this study, whose mean age was 21 years, showed a lower vaccination rate than that of Korean children. Even when considering the fact that measles vaccination was not required of people of that age and that the survey relied on the participants' memories rather than immunological examination through blood tests, the nursing students' vaccination rate was still low despite their high risk of infection [12]. Given that the number of community measles patients is increasing rapidly and secondary measles infection is occurring among medical workers in hospitals, development of programs for increasing the measles vaccination rate of nursing students is needed [5,8].…”

“…Questions for surveying the current state of measles vaccination were based on previous studies that surveyed the current state of measles vaccination and factors influencing vaccination [8,12,13,17,21]. The questions included four questions on demographic characteristics such as gender, age, grade, and religion [12,17], and five questions on measles vaccination, such as whether the participants have had measles vaccination [17], whether they have heard about measles vaccination [13,21], whether they have heard about MMR vaccination [21], and whether they have experienced measles-related education and would recommend vaccination to others [8].…”

“…A limitation of this study is that the survey relied on the participants' self-administered reports on their vaccination and antibody histories; additional research is required in order to confirm their memories through immunoassay tests [12]. If a participant was vaccinated for measles at a young age, he/she might not remember it [12].…”

“…Health beliefs affect attitudes and behaviors regarding vaccination [10,11] and have been proven to be an important predictor of vaccination [11]. Previous measles-related studies surveyed university students' [12,13] and medical workers' [14,15] knowledge, attitude, and beliefs in MMR vaccination, and examined factors influencing university students' measles vaccination based on a health belief model during community measles outbreaks [16,17]. In addition, some studies examined the immune state of medical workers or nursing students [18,19].…”

Measles vaccination status of nurses and associated factors during community measles outbreaks

“…The self‐reporting questionnaire was based on a review of previous studies (Bolton‐Maggs et al , ; Okamoto et al , ; Pielak & Hilton, ; Pulcini et al , ; Strohfus et al , ). The general characteristics included the nurses’ sex, age, religion, education, department, job title, and marital status.…”