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Direct linkMicaela Mercado; Gilberto Lopez; Matt Ignacio; Stephanie Ayers; Ann Carver; Kathryn Hamm; Wendy Wolfersteig; Sabrina Oesterle – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
This study aimed to understand vaccine hesitancy and confidence toward the COVID-19 vaccines among Latino adults in Arizona. Latinos (n = 71) aged 18 years or older who resided in Arizona participated in 14 focus groups between February and June 2021. Theoretical thematic analysis was used to examine drivers of these two behaviors, namely, vaccine…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Latin Americans, Immunization Programs, Beliefs
Su, Zhaohui; Chen, Yen Tzu – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Influenza attack rates among college students are high. However, little is known about the determinants of students' flu vaccine adoption from their own perspectives. To fill this gap, this study aims to investigate barriers and facilitators to college students' flu vaccine adoption. Methods: A total of 545 students offered complete…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Behavior, Barriers
Brown, Devin L.; Cowdery, Joan E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: We examined clinical trial knowledge and attitudes, and their relationship with willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials, and willingness to accept a COVID-19 vaccine among college students. Participants: 331 undergraduates: mean age 25; 72% women; and 78% white. Methods: We administered an online, anonymous survey to…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes, Immunization Programs, Student Participation
Ahauve Orusa; Amy Wahlquist; Delaney Lawson; Ossama Riaz; Jacob Mitchell; Yordanos Tafesse; Sam Pettyjohn – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has provided the general public with an understanding of scientific processes and health systems surrounding vaccination in real-time. This report assesses responses of college students in a regional university to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors (KAB)…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Knowledge Level, Student Attitudes
Ava Kikut-Stein; Kathleen Givan; Jeffrey Fishman; Ashley Blanco-Liz; David Alvarez-Sanchez; Janelle Fletcher; Raki Gambrell; Alondra Hernandez; Ciani Richardson; Adrianna Shaw; James Joseph von Oiste – Health Education Research, 2024
COVID-19 vaccination rates remain lower among adolescents compared with adults. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) offers opportunities to inform youth vaccine communication at the local and population level. However, few studies have integrated systematic health communication research with YPAR. In the current study, a diverse team of…
Descriptors: Health Promotion, Youth, Young Adults, COVID-19
Malone, Molly A.; Gower, Amy L.; Reiter, Paul L.; Kiss, Dale E.; McRee, Annie-Laurie – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Human papillomavirus vaccination coverage is suboptimal, especially among males. Social networks influence young adults' health behaviors and could be leveraged to promote vaccination. We sought to describe how young sexual minority men communicate about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination with their sexual partners. Participants:…
Descriptors: Males, Discussion, Immunization Programs, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Hall, Carrie Ann; Skelly, Christy; Marc, Nancy; Risko, Judy – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: College student populations are considered at greater risk of contracting influenza due to their close living conditions. Despite this increased risk, college students are reluctant to obtain annual vaccination. This pilot study sought to determine perceptions of students on a college campus who received the annual influenza vaccination…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, 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
Understanding Chinese International Students' Perception of Flu Vaccination on U.S. College Campuses
Huixin Deng; Michelle I. Seelig; Léi Y. Sun – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study examines Chinese international students' underlying beliefs and overall perception of the flu vaccination to inform effective health promotion efforts on U.S. college campuses. Participants: Data were collected in March 2020. Participants (N = 189) were recruited via email at a southeastern university in the U.S. Methods:…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, College Students, Immunization Programs
Fiorenzo Parziale – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2024
The aim of this paper is to propose an original analysis of the association between social status and attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccines regarding upper-secondary students in Italy. The research was conducted by administering an online survey on a probabilistic and stratified sample of 5,699 students, in the spring of 2021, when the vaccination…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Meg L. Small; Robert P. Lennon; John J. Dziak; Rachel A. Smith; Gillian Sommerville; Nita Bharti – Journal of American College Health, 2024
On college campuses, effective management of vaccine-preventable transmissible pathogens requires understanding student vaccination intentions. This is necessary for developing and tailoring health messaging to maximize uptake of health information and vaccines. The current study explored students' beliefs and attitudes about vaccines in general,…
Descriptors: Beliefs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
Kitt Lee; Dominic Siaw; Gladys Ekong – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objectives: This study assessed the uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine and factors related to vaccination coverage among college students in a university setting. Methods: A cross-sectional study design included undergraduate and graduate students in a university community as study participants. Survey questions assessed the uptake of the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs
Kristina Mullis – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In January 2020, the World Health Organization declared the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak to be a public health emergency. More than 500 million cases and more than 6 million deaths have been reported, with these numbers growing each day. A major public health initiative for controlling the COVID-19 pandemic was vaccine development…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Immunization Programs, College Students
Erica Bilalovic – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Introduction: Influenza affected an estimated 9 to 41 million individuals from 2018 to 2023 (CDC, 2023). Despite vaccination being highly effective, rates remain low on college campuses. This project evaluated a new vaccination delivery model at a university in Northeast Florida. The Student Health Center collaborated with undergraduate nursing…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Immunization Programs, Health Promotion, Health Behavior
Mark Brickhouse; Jeffrey Gassen; Benjamin J. Ryan; Michael P. Muehlenbein – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Baylor University established a surveillance system to assess the needs of students and faculty in isolation from SARS-CoV-2 as well as any longer-term symptoms. Participants: Overall, there were 309 responses between March 20 and May 19, 2021. Methods: A survey covering experience in isolation, symptoms, vaccination, and demographic…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, COVID-19, Pandemics
