Pastorino Roberta, Villani Leonardo, Mariani Marco, Ricciardi Walter, Graffigna Guendalina, Boccia Stefania
Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health-Public Health Area, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel). 2021 Jan 20;9(2):70. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9020070.
Flu vaccination for the general population, and specifically for vulnerable subgroups, brings the potential to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of mobility, mortality, and hospitalizations. In Italy, flu vaccination is recommended to all ≥6 months of age, even if it is only free of charge for specific categories. We investigated the intentions towards flu and COVID-19 vaccinations from a sample of 436 Italian university students. Results of a web-based survey show that 77.52% of them were willing to get the flu vaccine and 94.73% were willing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when available. We identified positive predictive factors to undertake flu vaccination as being a medical student, having undertaken a previous vaccination against flu, and having a high level of concern and perceived vulnerability to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reinforced public health activities might consider engaging university students a as possible "positive influencer" towards flu and COVID-19 vaccination programs.
为普通人群,特别是弱势群体接种流感疫苗,有可能在流动性、死亡率和住院率方面降低新冠疫情的影响。在意大利,建议所有6个月及以上的人接种流感疫苗,即使只有特定类别可免费接种。我们对436名意大利大学生进行了抽样调查,以了解他们对流感疫苗和新冠疫苗接种的意愿。一项基于网络的调查结果显示,其中77.52%的人愿意接种流感疫苗,94.73%的人愿意在有新冠疫苗时接种。我们确定了愿意接种流感疫苗的积极预测因素,包括是医学生、之前接种过流感疫苗,以及对新冠疫情高度关注并感到易受感染。强化公共卫生活动可能会考虑让大学生成为流感和新冠疫苗接种计划的“积极影响者”。