Talking about the Vaccine after the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study among Youth in Turkey and Ethical Issues

Özdinç, Ahmet; Değer, Mehmet Sait; Atak, Muhammed; Demir, İbrahim

doi:10.3390/vaccines11010104

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“…Encouragingly, a recent study in Italy reported a vaccination rate of 87.3% among school-going adolescents [ 95 ]. Additionally, in Turkey, the vaccination rate among youths was 80% [ 96 ]. Alongside this in Kersa, Ethiopia, 86% of adolescents stated they would seek vaccination once available [ 84 ].…”

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“…Alongside this in Kersa, Ethiopia, 86% of adolescents stated they would seek vaccination once available [ 84 ]. In Turkey, the youths wanted to be vaccinated to protect their health as well as the health of their families and relatives [ 96 ]. In Brazil, a recent study reported that 88.7% of caregivers wanted their children to be vaccinated while 77.6% of parents in China wanted their children to be vaccinated against COVID-19 [ 97 , 98 ].…”

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COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among adolescents and youths: Findings and implications for future vaccination programmes

Mudenda,

Meyer,

Fadare

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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Adolescents and youths are a key part of the population that needs to be protected against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is because they are more likely to spread the virus to vulnerable individuals. In view of these concerns, this study investigated the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines and associated factors among adolescents and youths attending secondary schools in Zambia. This cross-sectional study was conducted among 1500 school-going adolescents in Lusaka from September 2022 to November 2022. Overall, 1409 participants took part giving a response rate of 94%. Only 29.2% (n = 411) of the participants were vaccinated against COVID-19 at the time of the study. Compared to their unvaccinated counterparts, vaccinated adolescents and youths scored higher for knowledge (66.2% vs 57.8%) and attitudes (76.7% vs 39.4%) regarding COVID-19 vaccines. Healthcare workers, family/friends and social media were key sources of information regarding the vaccine. Factors associated with increased vaccine uptake were positive attitudes (AOR = 33.62, 95% CI: 19.92–56.73), indicating it was stressful to follow COVID-19 preventive measures (AOR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.09–1.99), participants in Grade 12 (AOR = 3.39, 95% CI: 1.94–5.91), Grade 11 (AOR = 2.59, 95% CI: 1.94–5.91), Grade 10 (AOR = 3.48, 95% CI: 1.98–6.11) and Grade 9 (AOR = 3.04, 95% CI: 1.74–5.32) compared to Grade 8. This study found a relatively low uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among adolescents and youths in Zambia. There is a need to provide adequate strategies to address knowledge and attitude gaps regarding COVID-19 vaccines to improve uptake and reduce future morbidity and mortality.

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COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among adolescents and youths: Findings and implications for future vaccination programmes

Mudenda,

Meyer,

Fadare

et al. 2023

PLOS Glob Public Health

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“…Özdinç ve ark. tarafından yapılan çalışmada gençler arasındaki aşılama oranını etkileyen faktörler; önerilen aşılar hakkında doğru ve yeterli bilgiye sahip olmak, kendilerini, ailelerini ve yakınlarını korumak iken aşı olmama nedenlerinin başında aşı içeriğine veya aşının üretildiği ülkeye güvenmemek olduğu bulunmuştur (24).…”

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Factors affecting the compliance of young adult with the COVID-19 vaccine schedule

METE,

ÇINKIR

2023

Anadolu Kliniği Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi

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ÖZ Amaç: Bu çalışmada genç yetişkinlerde tam doz COVID-19 aşılanma durumu ve bunu etkileyen faktörlerin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Kesitsel tipteki bu çalışma Çukurova Üniversitesinde eğitim gören 654 öğrenci üstünde yapılmıştır. Öğrencilere elektronik ortamlardan ulaşılmıştır. Anket formunda aşı yaptırma, rapel doz yaptırma ve bunları etkilediği düşünülen faktörler sorgulanmıştır. Bulgular: 654 genç yetişkinin yaş ortalaması 20.98±3.15’dir (min:18-max:35). Katılımcılar arasında hiç aşı olmayanların oranı %3.8’dir. Hiç aşı yaptırmama da en önemli nedenler aşı içeriğine güvenilmemesi ve yan etkiden korkmadır. Katılımcıların %39.6’sı tavsiye edilen rapel dozları yaptırmamıştır. COVID-19 aşısı olan kişilerin olmayan kişilere göre hastalığı daha tehlikeli ve bulaştırıcı değerlendirdikleri, rapel doz olan kişilerde ise olmayanlara göre COVID-19 aşısına yönelik olumlu tutumun daha yüksek, olumsuz tutumunun ise daha düşük olduğu bulunmuştur. Rapel doz yaptırmama riskini COVID-19 aşısı tutum ölçeği olumlu tutum alt boyutundaki her 0.785 birimlik artış 2.19 kat (OR=0.456), sağlık personelinden bilgi alma 1.59 kat (OR=0.627) azaltmaktadır. Rapel dozu yaptırmama riskini aşı yaptıran tanıdıklardan bilgi alma OR=1.63 kat, ilk aşılamada yan etki yaşamış olma 1.44 kat artırmaktadır Sonuç: Üniversite öğrencilerinde COVID-19 aşı yaptırma oranlarının yüksek olduğu ancak tavsiye edilen rapel doz uygulamasının yeterli düzeyde olmadığı ve uygun zamanlarda yapılmadığı bulunmuştur. Anahtar kelimeler: COVID-19 aşısı; Rapel doz; Aşı kararsızlığı

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Behavioral nudges in social media ads show limited ability to encourage COVID-19 vaccination across countries

Çat,

Chang,

Hlatky

et al. 2024

PNAS Nexus

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Behavioral nudges in Facebook ads reached nearly 15 million people across six diverse countries and, consequently, many thousands took the step of navigating to governments’ vaccine signup sites. However, none of the treatment ads caused significantly more vaccine signup intent than placebo uniformly across all countries. Critically, reporting the descriptive norm that 87% of people worldwide had either been vaccinated or planned vaccination—social proof—did not meaningfully increase vaccine signup intent in any country and significantly backfired in Taiwan. This result contradicts prominent prior findings. A charge to “protect lives in your family” significantly outperformed placebo in Taiwan and Turkey but saw null effects elsewhere. A message noting that vaccination significantly reduces hospitalization risk decreased signup intent in Brazil and had no significant effects in any other country. Such heterogeneity was the hallmark of the study: some messages saw significant treatment effects in some countries but failed in others. No nudge outperformed the placebo in Russia, a location of high vaccine skepticism. In all, widely touted behavioral nudges often failed to promote vaccine signup intent and appear to be moderated by cultural context.

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Talking about the Vaccine after the Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study among Youth in Turkey and Ethical Issues

Cited by 3 publications

References 82 publications

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among adolescents and youths: Findings and implications for future vaccination programmes

COVID-19 vaccine uptake and associated factors among adolescents and youths: Findings and implications for future vaccination programmes

Factors affecting the compliance of young adult with the COVID-19 vaccine schedule

Behavioral nudges in social media ads show limited ability to encourage COVID-19 vaccination across countries

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