Demir Deniz Sümeyye Yorulmaz
Artvin Çoruh University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department, Artvin, Turkey.
Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2025 Jul 25;59:e20250027. doi: 10.1590/1980-220X-REEUSP-2025-0027en. eCollection 2025.
This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccine education on vaccine attitudes and knowledge among nursing students.
This research, designed as a quasi-experimental study, was conducted with 68 participants. Vaccine education was delivered in three sessions at one-week intervals. Data were collected using the Personal Characteristics Scale, the Public Attitudes Toward Vaccination Scale Health Belief Model, and the Vaccine Knowledge Test. Data analysis included frequency, percentage, paired t-tests, and effect size (d) to assess differences between means.
Among the participants, 65.2% were female, 14.5% reported difficulties in accessing healthcare services, and only 8.7% followed official websites for vaccine-related information. The study found that vaccine-related knowledge significantly increased after the intervention, with a large effect size (d: 1.755). Vaccine attitudes also showed moderate changes in effect size across various dimensions: perceived susceptibility (d: 0.666), perceived severity (d: 0.682), perceived benefits (d: 0.760), perceived barriers (d: 0.753), and health motivation (d: 0.395). Additionally, the proportion of participants expressing trust in vaccines increased after the educational sessions.
The findings suggest that vaccine education can contribute to improving vaccine attitudes and knowledge among nursing students. Considering the critical role of nursing students as future stakeholders in healthcare delivery, planning and increasing interventions aimed at enhancing their vaccine attitudes and knowledge is essential.
本研究旨在评估疫苗教育对护理专业学生疫苗态度和知识的有效性。
本研究设计为准实验研究，共有68名参与者。疫苗教育分三次进行，间隔为一周。使用个人特征量表、公众对疫苗接种的态度量表健康信念模型和疫苗知识测试收集数据。数据分析包括频率、百分比、配对t检验和效应量（d），以评估均值之间的差异。
参与者中，65.2%为女性，14.5%报告在获得医疗服务方面存在困难，只有8.7%会关注官方网站获取疫苗相关信息。研究发现，干预后与疫苗相关的知识显著增加，效应量较大（d：1.755）。疫苗态度在各个维度上的效应量也有适度变化：感知易感性（d：0.666）、感知严重性（d：0.682）、感知益处（d：0.760）、感知障碍（d：0.753）和健康动机（d：0.395）。此外，教育课程后表示信任疫苗的参与者比例有所增加。
研究结果表明，疫苗教育有助于改善护理专业学生的疫苗态度和知识。考虑到护理专业学生作为未来医疗保健服务利益相关者的关键作用，规划并增加旨在增强他们疫苗态度和知识的干预措施至关重要。
