Mandatory COVID Vaccination : Perspectives from Graduate Allied Health Students at a Mid-size University in the United States

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Because many students enrolled in Allied Health programs are on track to becoming health practitioners or clinicians and frontline workers who would become critical sources of information for patients it is critical to understand their perspectives about mandatory COVID-19 vaccination. Results: COVID-19 Risk Perception. A significant majority of the respondents had high or strongly high-risk perception of COVID-19, 82(56.6%) strongly agreed and 29(20%) agreed with the statement, COVID-19 is a public health issue (P-value < 0.0001), Comparing by demographic characteristics: African American/Black compared with other races (P-Value = 0.0462), Master of Public Health program, compared with all other graduate programs (P-Value = 0.0140) and fully vaccinated and fully vaccinated and boosted compared with incomplete or not-vaccinated for COVID-19 (P-value = 0.0059) had higher COVID-19 risk perceptions. strongly high-risk perception of COVID-19, 82(56.6%) strongly agreed and 29(20%) agreed with the statement, COVID-19 is a public health issue (P-value < 0.0001), Comparing by demographic characteristics: African American/Black compared with other races (P-Value = 0.0462), Master of Public Health program, compared with all other graduate programs (P-Value = 0.0140) and fully vaccinated and fully vaccinated and boosted compared with incomplete or not-vaccinated for COVID-19 (P-value = 0.0059) had higher COVID-19 risk perceptions.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:49

Enthalten in:

Journal of community health - 49(2024), 2 vom: 28. März, Seite 355-365

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gishe, Jemal [VerfasserIn]
Edmondson, Deborah [VerfasserIn]
Kanu, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Barredo, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
Raynes, Edilberto A [VerfasserIn]
Parker, Dalin [VerfasserIn]
Cosby, Brittany [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Allied health programs
COVID risk perceptions, graduate students
COVID-19
COVID-19 Vaccines
Journal Article
Vaccination

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Date Completed 11.03.2024

Date Revised 11.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10900-023-01297-3

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NLM364829044