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Direct linkBrown, 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
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
Edward B. Lewin; Dawn M. Bellanti; Courtney C. Boyd; Walter A. Orenstein; Joseph A. Bellanti – Journal of School Nursing, 2024
Background: While vaccines have reduced the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases, vaccine hesitancy threatens the re-emergence of childhood infectious diseases. Purpose: This randomized controlled study evaluated an online vaccine education program to advance vaccine acceptance among middle-school students. Methodology: Study participants…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Immunization Programs, Online Courses, Student Attitudes
Dalnim Cho; Carol Wang; Jace Pierce; Lenna Dawkins-Moultin; Qian Lu – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: We investigated the preliminary efficacy of a tailored human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination on-line intervention designed to increase HPV vaccination intention. Participants: Female college students (N = 101; 18-26 years), who have not received the HPV vaccine. Methods: Participants were randomized to either a control group to read…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Immunization Programs, Intention, Communicable Diseases
Ulrich, Angela K.; McKearnan, Shannon B.; Lammert, Sara; Wolfson, Julian; Pletcher, Jonathan; Halloran, M. Elizabeth; Basta, Nicole E. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
After an outbreak of meningococcal B (MenB) disease at a university, we surveyed students regarding their vaccination status 2 months and 20 months after campus-led vaccination campaigns and compared students' self-report to vaccination records. Nearly all participants accurately reported the number of vaccine doses at both visits. Among those who…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Health Behavior, College Students, Immunization Programs
Kahlon, Gavina; Waheed, Fareshta; Owens, Melinda T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Vaccines are an important and societally relevant biology topic, but it is unclear how much college biology students know about how vaccines work and what inaccurate ideas they have about that process. Therefore, we asked more than 600 college students taking biology courses at various levels to explain, "How does a vaccine work?" in a…
Descriptors: College Students, Biology, Knowledge Level, Immunization Programs
Kasymova, Salima – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: This systematic mixed studies review aims to summarize the results of available research on knowledge of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccine, the intention to vaccinate, and HPV vaccination uptake among male college students. Methods: PubMed, ProQuest, EBSCO, PsycINFO, JSTOR, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar searches were…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Knowledge Level, Intention
Janet R. Heller; Nigel M. Thomas; Elyse S. Gruttadauria; Stacia M. Reader; Ariel L. Sarmiento – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To promote influenza vaccine acceptance among community college students during the Fall 2020 semester to reduce the incidence of a "twin-demic" occurring of influenza and COVID-19. Participants: A convenience sample of 185 students enrolled in an entry level health course. Methods: Non-experimental cross-sectional design that…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Microbiology, Immunization Programs, Disease Control
Mahitha Raghupathi – Discover Education, 2025
Background: According to the WHO, human papillomavirus (HPV) is the name of a group of 200 known viruses. Although they do not cause concerns in most people, infection with some high-risk types such as 16 and 18 causes cancer. Infection with milder strains are more common and tend to cause warts. Persistent HPV infection with high-risk HPV types…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Immunization Programs, Medical Students, Medical Education
Kelsey R. Habighorst; Lisa M. Cillessen; Heather M. Taylor; Jerilyn J. Reed; Paul O. Gubbins – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To evaluate college students' awareness of an educational initiative to increase campus influenza vaccination rates and strategies to improve it. Participants: Students attending a large public comprehensive university. Methods: An investigator-developed, online survey evaluated awareness of the initiative, the students' perception of…
Descriptors: College Students, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases, Knowledge Level
Heba A. T. Aref; Salisa Westrick; Chiahung Chou; Debra Worthington; Kimberly Garza – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of text and video formats of an online theory-based Meningitis B (MenB) health message intervention on college students. Participants: College freshmen and transfer students admitted at a Southern U.S. University. Methods: In a 2-arm randomized study, knowledge, perceptions, and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Transfer Students, Immunization Programs, Communicable Diseases
Balcezak, Hannah C.; Olusanya, Olufunto A.; Tomar, Aditi; Foster, Margaret; Wigfall, Lisa T. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: To describe rates and identify factors associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among young adult males in college/university settings. Methods: Study was reported according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines. Five electronic databases were searched for empirical studies…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Young Adults, Males, Immunization Programs
Hao Gao; Qingting Zhao; Lina Li; Xintong Bai; Difan Guo – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To explore whether/how the willingness of Chinese college students to receive the influenza vaccines in the sample is affected by different information channels. Participants: Two hundred and four volunteers were recruited to participate in an anonymous online survey. All participants were college students, mainly undergraduates…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Immunization Programs, Student Attitudes
ShinHi Han; Hee Sun Kang; Koun Eum; Jin Young Seo; Kathleen Karsten – SAGE Open, 2023
Despite strenuous efforts to increase vaccination rates against human papillomavirus (HPV), the rate of vaccination remains low in the U.S. The COVID-19 pandemic poses an additional challenge to HPV vaccination. This study aimed to explore the factors that contribute to HPV vaccination among Asian immigrant college students, based on the Theory of…
Descriptors: Immunization Programs, COVID-19, Pandemics, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
