Maginot Rebecca, Esteves Carolina, Kingsley Karl
Department of Advanced Education in Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, 1700 W. Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, 1700 W. Charleston Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89106, USA.
Vaccines (Basel). 2022 Apr 6;10(4):570. doi: 10.3390/vaccines10040570.
This study was a retrospective analysis of previously collected anonymous survey data regarding vaccine awareness, beliefs, and knowledge among dental (DMD) students and postgraduate (PG) residents. The protocol for this study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) as exempt. A total of 341 responses were collected from n = 293 DMD students and n = 48 PG residents. Although most respondents agreed that vaccines were necessary, safe, and effective, over the past 4 years (2017-2020) a growing percentage of respondents disagreed. In addition, although most respondents disagreed that there are too many required vaccines, vaccines can make you sick, or are dangerous, a growing percentage of respondents now agreed with these statements. Finally, although most respondents were aware of the HPV vaccine, recently a growing percentage of both students and residents reported they had insufficient information about this vaccine. These results provide novel insights into recent changes in attitudes and beliefs regarding vaccination among this population. Moreover, analysis of these shifts in attitudes and knowledge about HPV vaccination suggests that curricular integration of vaccine research and hesitancy may be needed to answer these questions in a supportive learning environment that fosters critical thinking and evidence-based practice and decision making.
本研究是对先前收集的关于牙科（DMD）学生和研究生（PG）住院医师的疫苗认知、信念和知识的匿名调查数据进行的回顾性分析。本研究方案经机构审查委员会（IRB）批准为豁免项目。共收集到来自293名DMD学生和48名PG住院医师的341份回复。尽管大多数受访者认为疫苗是必要的、安全的和有效的，但在过去4年（2017 - 2020年），持不同意见的受访者比例在上升。此外，尽管大多数受访者不同意所需疫苗过多、疫苗会使人患病或疫苗危险的观点，但现在同意这些说法的受访者比例在增加。最后，尽管大多数受访者知晓人乳头瘤病毒（HPV）疫苗，但最近越来越多的学生和住院医师表示他们对该疫苗的信息了解不足。这些结果为该人群近期对疫苗接种的态度和信念变化提供了新的见解。此外，对HPV疫苗接种态度和知识的这些转变的分析表明，可能需要在促进批判性思维、循证实践和决策的支持性学习环境中，将疫苗研究和犹豫因素纳入课程，以解答这些问题。
