Bonnema Courtney E, van Woerden Irene, Steinberg Joshua R, Nguyen Elaine, Oliphant Catherine M, Cleveland Kevin W, Robinson Renee F
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J Allied Health. 2021 Winter;50(4):314-320.
Vaccine hesitancy (VH), delay in acceptance, and/or refusal to vaccinate is influenced by complacency, confidence, unmet safety, and efficacy concerns. A survey was conducted among U.S. healthcare students to identify factors contributing to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
The World Health Organization 2014 vaccine hesitancy guidelines informed development of a 37-item survey. This cross-sectional survey was distributed to students in 10 randomly selected nursing, pharmacy, and medical programs. Descriptive statistics and logistic regression were used to identify factors contributing to COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy.
Of the 902 participants who started the survey, 398 completed all COVID-19 questions. Survey respondents were primarily from private schools (84%) and consisted of medical students (49%), female (71%), and millennials (57%). Students believed COVID-19 vaccine was important and protection of vulnerable communities more important than individual protection. Students in general agreed getting the vaccine was necessary to protect others (school and healthcare facilities) (77.4%); only one-third (33.7%) disagreed that they planned to wait and want to see how vaccine affected others before receiving it. Logistic regression results suggest significant differences based on program and political affiliation.
Engagement of healthcare students may help reach student peers who are vaccine hesitant and help reduce the spread of COVID-19.
疫苗犹豫（VH）、延迟接种和/或拒绝接种受自满情绪、信心、未满足的安全性和有效性担忧等因素影响。在美国医学生中开展了一项调查，以确定导致对新冠疫苗犹豫的因素。
世界卫生组织2014年疫苗犹豫指南为一项包含37个条目的调查的制定提供了依据。这项横断面调查被分发给随机选取的10个护理、药学和医学项目的学生。使用描述性统计和逻辑回归来确定导致对新冠疫苗犹豫的因素。
在开始调查的902名参与者中，398人完成了所有关于新冠的问题。调查对象主要来自私立学校（84%），包括医学生（49%）、女性（71%）和千禧一代（57%）。学生们认为新冠疫苗很重要，并且保护弱势群体比个人防护更重要。总体而言，学生们同意接种疫苗对于保护他人（学校和医疗机构）是必要的（77.4%）；只有三分之一（33.7%）的人不同意他们计划等待并想看看疫苗对其他人的影响后再接种。逻辑回归结果表明，基于项目和政治派别存在显著差异。
与医学生互动可能有助于接触那些对疫苗犹豫的学生同龄人，并有助于减少新冠病毒的传播。
