Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados.
Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Gainesville, FL.
Am J Infect Control. 2024 Jun;52(6):719-725. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2024.01.008. Epub 2024 Jan 20.
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected high school students. Little is known about the mediators of student perceptions of infection prevention and public health entities. We piloted a survey to evaluate the relationship between student perceptions of COVID-19 topics and satisfaction with their most recent health class.
Students from one private high school in southeast Michigan completed a survey in early 2022. The primary outcomes were 4 domains: vaccination knowledge, intervention effectiveness, intervention impact, and willingness to readopt an intervention. We assessed the associations between health class satisfaction and these outcomes using multiple linear regression.
One-hundred ninety students reported their health class satisfaction and were eligible for analysis. Students reported high confidence in vaccines (93%) but limited knowledge of COVID-19 vaccination (45%). Students perceived COVID-19 interventions as highly effective (range, 72% [hand hygiene]-93% [vaccination]) and reported a willingness to readopt them (range, 73% [stay-at-home orders]-96% [vaccination]). Health class satisfaction (54%) was positively associated with composite scores on vaccination knowledge and intervention effectiveness.
Assessing students' intrapandemic perspectives on infection prevention illuminated areas of strength (ie, intervention confidence) and areas for improvement (ie, intervention knowledge and institutional confidence).
Students reported favorable perceptions regarding common infection prevention interventions. Future work should investigate the role of educational satisfaction in mediating confidence in public health interventions and institutions.
COVID-19 大流行对高中生产生了重大影响。对于学生对感染预防和公共卫生实体的看法的中介因素知之甚少。我们试点了一项调查，以评估学生对 COVID-19 主题的看法与对最近健康教育课的满意度之间的关系。
密歇根州东南部一所私立高中的学生在 2022 年初完成了一项调查。主要结果是 4 个领域：疫苗接种知识、干预效果、干预影响和再次采用干预措施的意愿。我们使用多元线性回归评估了健康课满意度与这些结果之间的关联。
190 名报告了健康课满意度的学生符合分析条件。学生对疫苗具有高度信心（93%），但对 COVID-19 疫苗接种的了解有限（45%）。学生认为 COVID-19 干预措施非常有效（范围为 72%[手部卫生]-93%[疫苗接种]），并表示愿意再次采用（范围为 73%[居家令]-96%[疫苗接种]）。健康课满意度（54%）与疫苗接种知识和干预效果的综合评分呈正相关。
评估学生在大流行期间对感染预防的看法揭示了优势领域（即干预信心）和需要改进的领域（即干预知识和机构信心）。
学生对常见感染预防干预措施的看法表示满意。未来的工作应该调查教育满意度在调解公众对公共卫生干预措施和机构的信心方面的作用。
