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Direct linkIsaac Nyarko Kwakye; Daniel Adom-Fynn; Nuworza Kugbey; Kwame Benyibaling Bour – SAGE Open, 2025
This scoping review is intended to examine and consolidate the factors that influence the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among African university students. Gaining an understanding of these factors is crucial for developing effective public health strategies to improve vaccination rates within this demographic. An extensive search of peer-reviewed…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Student Attitudes
Christy Kollath-Cattano; Sarah J. Hatteberg; Samantha Petillo; Morgan Giancaterini – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine correlates of and barriers to COVID-19 vaccine initiation and intention among college students. Participants: 1,171 students attending a public university in the South. Methods: Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the correlates of vaccine intention and initiation. Reasons for pursuing or foregoing vaccination…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, College Students
Jana L. Hirschtick; Wayne DiFranceisco; Bijou Hunt; Jacquelyn Jacobs; Jesus Valencia; Jennifer L. Walsh; Katherine Quinn – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Although vaccine behaviors differ greatly by gender and age, few studies have examined vaccination at the intersection of gender and age within the Black community. We examined COVID-19 vaccination by gender and age using a survey of over 500 Black adults in Chicago, Illinois, fielded from September 2021 to March 2022. Although 54% had received at…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Gender Differences
Matthew Lovesky; Laura Merrell; Suzanne Grossman; Dayna Henry – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To assess changes in perceptions of COVID-19 worry and perceived severity, changes in COVID-19 vaccination status, and barriers to COVID-19 vaccination among college students. Participants: 2,252 participants were recruited from a personal wellness course across four academic semesters at a large public university. Methods: Participants…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Student Attitudes
Margaret A. Riggs; Sabrina A. Madni; January Cornelius; Amy Zhang; Michaila Czarnik; Keith Zullig; Robert J. Bensley; Linda Gibson-Young; Marilyn Gardner; Caryl E. Waggett; Vonia Grabeel; Samuel J. Pettyjohn; Christine Fisher; Resa M. Jones; Dayna M. Maniccia; Jack Doyle; Margarita Treuth; John Neatherlin; Ebony Thomas; Lisa Barrios – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objectives: To understand college and university student knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) regarding COVID-19 prevention strategies. Methods: Thirteen colleges and universities volunteered to conduct an anonymous electronic survey in April 2021 to assess students' KAB about mask use and vaccination to prevent COVID-19. Results:…
Descriptors: College Students, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Health Behavior
Debendra Nath Roy; Ekramul Islam; Md. Mohabbot Hossen; Nowrin Ferdiousi; Md. Shah Azam – Psychology in the Schools, 2024
Administering coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines among the student of higher secondary schools has unprecedented importance for securing community health and ensuring in-person class attainment. This study investigated higher secondary students' COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and identified the underlying sociopsychological determinants of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
Elizabeth M. Anderson; Safa Browne; Charlotte A. Moser; Kristen Feemster – Journal of American College Health, 2025
College immunization policies vary. To evaluate the landscape of college immunization programs, we distributed a 45-item survey to college health administrators between July and September 2021. Items measured perceptions of institutionally recommended and required vaccines, enforcement strategies, barriers to vaccine uptake, and the impact of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Immunization Programs, School Policy, Barriers
Liz E. Vestal; Ann M. Schmidt; Nikole L. Dougherty; Liz Rolf; Jason G. Newland; Nancy B. Mueller – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and the staff who support them were largely in-person during the 2021-2022 school year, despite their continued vulnerability to infection with SARS-CoV-2. This qualitative study aimed to understand continued perceptions of weekly SARS-CoV-2 screening testing of students…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, COVID-19, Pandemics, Screening Tests
Jennifer Tsui; Michelle Shin; Kylie Sloan; Bibiana Martinez; Lawrence A. Palinkas; Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati; Joel C. Cantor; Shawna V. Hudson; Benjamin F. Crabtree – Prevention Science, 2024
HPV vaccination rates remain below target levels among adolescents in the United States, which is particularly concerning in safety-net populations with persistent disparities in HPV-associated cancer burden. Perspectives on evidence-based strategies (EBS) for HPV vaccination among key implementation participants, internal and external to clinics,…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Behavior, Allied Health Personnel
Brunson, Emily K.; Rohde, Rodney E.; Fulton, Lawrence V. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective To assess college students' willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines and the factors that influence their decisions. Participants: Traditional (aged 18-23) undergraduate students at a university in central Texas. Methods: An online survey was administered in fall 2020 to 614 students stratified by sex and race/ethnicity. Results: 40.9% of…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
Download full textGottschling, Juliana; Krieger, Florian; Greiff, Samuel – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
The development of a vaccine marks a breakthrough in the fight against infectious diseases. However, to eradicate highly infectious diseases globally, the immunization of large parts of the population is needed. Otherwise, diseases, such as polio, measles, or more recently COVID-19, will repeatedly flare-up, with devastating effects on individuals…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
Ross, McKenna L.; Lawston, Ashlynn N.; Lowsky, Luna O.; Hackman, Christine L. – American Journal of Health Education, 2022
Background: Increasing COVID-19 vaccine intention in college students is essential to mitigate serious illness and transmission to higher risk populations. We currently do not have an adequate understanding of college students' perceptions and likelihoods of getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Purpose: To quantitatively examine the demographic…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, Intention
Mark Wolfmeyer; John Lupinacci – Critical Education, 2022
Although many other factors come to bear on present issues in the contemporary world, vaccine hesitancy and refusal are also the direct result of poor STEM education. In this article we employ a sociological thought experiment methodology to articulate the shortcomings of STEM education and suggest pathways for much needed changes in solving…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, Health Behavior, STEM Education, Barriers
Christina Baker; Paul F. Cook – Journal of School Nursing, 2025
Parental vaccine hesitancy has been a hotly debated issue long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, the emergence of a new vaccine during this public health crisis made even pro-vaccine individuals reconsider vaccines for their children. This scoping review was conducted to understand why parents expressed hesitancy towards the COVID-19 vaccine…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
Zeinab Baba; Stephanie Kienle; Heather B. Edelblute – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Understand student concerns with returning to in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic using an e-learning module. Participants: 925 undergraduate and graduate students returning to in-person instruction in Fall 2021. Methods: Five modules educated students about COVID and the transition to in-person learning and collected…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Learning Modules
