Prajakta N G, Chougule Sanjeev B, Kamat Ashok M, Laxmi K, Ananda Kumar L, Verma Reena, Kamath Rajesh
Department of Psychiatry, KAHER Institute of Nursing Sciences, KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
Department of Hospital Administration, (MBA), JN Medical College, KAHER, KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2024 Feb;16(Suppl 1):S376-S379. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_602_23. Epub 2024 Feb 29.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious infection characterized by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV-2). Safe and effective vaccines are game-changers in the global vision of marking an end to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, vaccine hesitancy due to perceived stigma and misinformation is a grave cause of concern.
To assess pre-university students' self-expressed stigma regarding COVID-19 vaccination and its association with their knowledge.
A cross-sectional study was adopted for this research. A structured questionnaire approach was used to gather data from 384 students purposively at the selected pre-university college. The structured questionnaire consisted of three sections that explored the socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants, knowledge of vaccination, and self-expressed stigma, respectively. A total of 384 respondents took part in the study.
The study observes a low positive relationship ( = 0.25, < 0.01) between knowledge and self-expressed stigma toward vaccination. Further, it was observed that participants from rural backgrounds had lower knowledge and self-expressed stigma scores than participants from urban settings. It is pertinent to note that participants with other sources of information had higher knowledge than those who used the internet, friends/peers, or newspapers. Both of the aforementioned findings are statistically significant.
The interventions should revive trust in national health authorities, structured awareness campaigns by government agencies, and media coverage about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. In addition, it is also important to support citizens in ensuring that they have access to the right information from authentic sources in times of crisis.
2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）是一种由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的传染性感染。安全有效的疫苗是全球应对COVID-19大流行所带来挑战的关键因素。然而，由于感知到的污名化和错误信息导致的疫苗犹豫是一个严重的问题。
评估大学预科学生对COVID-19疫苗接种的自我表达的污名化及其与他们知识的关联。
本研究采用横断面研究。采用结构化问卷方法，从选定的大学预科学校有目的地收集384名学生的数据。结构化问卷由三个部分组成，分别探讨研究参与者的社会人口学特征、疫苗接种知识和自我表达的污名化。共有384名受访者参与了研究。
该研究观察到知识与对疫苗接种的自我表达的污名化之间存在低正相关关系（=0.25，<0.01）。此外，观察到农村背景的参与者的知识和自我表达的污名化得分低于城市背景的参与者。值得注意的是，有其他信息来源的参与者比那些使用互联网、朋友/同龄人或报纸的参与者有更高的知识水平。上述两个发现均具有统计学意义。
干预措施应恢复对国家卫生当局的信任，政府机构开展结构化的提高认识运动，以及媒体对疫苗安全性和有效性的报道。此外，在危机时期支持公民确保他们能够从可靠来源获取正确信息也很重要。
