College students' willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines

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 s...

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Published in:Journal of American college health 2023-12, Vol.ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), p.1-9
Main Authors: Brunson, Emily K., Rohde, Rodney E., Fulton, Lawrence V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Personnel
Barriers
College students
COVID-19
COVID-19 - prevention & control
COVID-19 Vaccines
Ethnicity
Gender Differences
Health Behavior
Humans
Immunization
Immunization Programs
Influenza
Intention
Knowledge Level
Majors (Students)
Pandemics
Political Affiliation
Political identity
Prosocial behavior
Race
Risk
Student Attitudes
Students
Undergraduate Students
Universities
Uptake
Vaccination
vaccine confidence
vaccine uptake
Vaccines
Willingness
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Summary: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 students planned to take the vaccine as soon as possible, 37.1% eventually, 11.4% only if required, and 10.6% did not intend to be vaccinated. Analyses indicated that gender, major/minor, political affiliation, receiving a flu shot in the preceding 12 months, perception of risk for COVID-19, and vaccine hesitancy were all associated with willingness to accept COVID-19 vaccines. Conclusion: Results confirm that no one-size-fits-all approach to promoting COVID-19 vaccination among college students is possible. Instead, administrators interested in increasing vaccine uptake should address concerns of specific groups, while also utilizing the prosocial beliefs of college students (e.g., being vaccinated will protect others).
ISSN:0744-8481
1940-3208
DOI:10.1080/07448481.2021.1996375