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Editor, Senior Moderator
J Am Coll Health
. 2023 Nov 28:1-9.
doi: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2277198. Online ahead of print. University students' willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States
Joshua Daniel Bishop[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kelsey Anna Lantis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ariana Deherder[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexis Emelander[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hannah Noorman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
The disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States (US) requires understanding of health behaviors that contributed to low acceptance of public health guidelines. University students were at low risk for complications from COVID-19 infections but at high-risk for infecting others. It is important to understand which characteristics influenced willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the social factors and identities that predicted university students' willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines before one was available. This study used a stratified random sample from a Midwestern public university in 2020 (N = 614). Results suggest hesitancy toward childhood vaccinations, noncompliance with mask-wearing and large-group-avoidance guidelines, and conservative political ideology increased the odds of being unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. However, higher subjective social status and male gender increased the odds of being willing to be vaccinated.
Keywords: COVID-19; University students; coronavirus; vaccinations and immunizations.
. 2023 Nov 28:1-9.
doi: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2277198. Online ahead of print. University students' willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the United States
Joshua Daniel Bishop[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kelsey Anna Lantis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ariana Deherder[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Alexis Emelander[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hannah Noorman[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 38015171
- DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2277198
The disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States (US) requires understanding of health behaviors that contributed to low acceptance of public health guidelines. University students were at low risk for complications from COVID-19 infections but at high-risk for infecting others. It is important to understand which characteristics influenced willingness to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to explore the social factors and identities that predicted university students' willingness to receive COVID-19 vaccines before one was available. This study used a stratified random sample from a Midwestern public university in 2020 (N = 614). Results suggest hesitancy toward childhood vaccinations, noncompliance with mask-wearing and large-group-avoidance guidelines, and conservative political ideology increased the odds of being unwilling to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. However, higher subjective social status and male gender increased the odds of being willing to be vaccinated.
Keywords: COVID-19; University students; coronavirus; vaccinations and immunizations.