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- Title
2019 Novel Coronavirus Vaccination Among Medical Students.
- Authors
Peterson, Christopher J.; Abohelwa, Mostafa; Payne, Drew; Mohamed, Ahmed A.; Nugent, Kenneth
- Abstract
COIVD-19 vaccination of medical students is essential since these students will have contact with patients and will become future healthcare leaders. Hence, we surveyed medical students at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, TX, and received 234 responses. The majority of students were vaccinated against COVID-19 (215/234; 91.8%) and reported pro-vaccine attitudes, such as support for a COVID-19 booster shot (191/234; 81.6%) and an annual COVID-19 vaccine (186/234; 79.5%). Among those who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the most frequent reasons included waiting for more evidence (16/19; 84.2%) and concern about the side effects (15/19; 79.0%). These results indicate that medical students consider vaccination important and suggest that students can provide an important resource for patients and public education.
- Subjects
TEXAS; VACCINATION; STATISTICS; ACADEMIC medical centers; MYALGIA; FEVER; PAIN; INJECTIONS; MEDICAL students; ATTITUDE (Psychology); COVID-19 vaccines; QUESTIONNAIRES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; RESEARCH funding; STUDENT attitudes; STATISTICAL sampling; FATIGUE (Physiology)
- Publication
Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2021, Vol 12, p1
- ISSN
2150-1319
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/21501327211058316