Health worker recommended vaccination rates among medical students in Brazil

Leme, Mateus Deckers; Gilio, Alfredo Elias

doi:10.1016/j.jvacx.2021.100118

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“…From the few studies, it was found that the current vaccination rate of medical students in China was much lower than that of foreign countries. Influenza vaccination rates for medical students were 17.1% in northwest China, 25.3% in Brazil, 20.7% in Saudi Arabia, 53.8% in Australia, 76% in the UK and 43% in the USA 4 7–12. To explore whether medical students’ knowledge, attitude and practice about influenza and influenza vaccine have changed under the influence of today’s COVID-19 epidemic, we compared the results of a survey on their knowledge and attitude about influenza and influenza vaccine among the same group of medical students before the outbreak (2019) and after the outbreak (2021) to (1) investigate the main factors affecting medical students’ willingness to receive influenza vaccination; (2) provide a scientific basis for improving influenza vaccination rates among medical students and strengthening influenza prevention and control efforts in the current context.…”

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Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Wang

Jiang

et al. 2022

BMJ Open

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ObjectivesTo explore the main factors affecting the knowledge, attitude and practice about influenza and influenza vaccine as well as the intention to receive influenza vaccination among the same group of medical students before (2019) and after (2021) the COVID-19 outbreak.DesignA population-based prospective cohort study.SettingA longitudinal cohort study of a selected medical school in Chongqing, China, which ran from 2019 to 2021.ParticipantsA total of 803 medical students participated in the study in 2019 and only 484 students responded in 2021. The response rate for our survey was only 60.27% due to graduation, emails being abandoned, etc.ResultsThe influenza vaccination rate of students at this medical school was 6.7% in 2019, compared with 25.8% in 2021. The awareness rate of medical students about influenza and influenza vaccine was 82.8% in 2019 and 86% in 2021, and there was no significantly statistical difference between the 2 years (p=0.134); the number of medical students with supportive attitude towards influenza vaccine was 95.1% in 2019 and 97.1% in 2021, and there was no statistically significant difference between the 2 years (p=0.078); the number of students who actively learnt about knowledge related to influenza vaccine rose from 183 (22.8%) in 2019 to 195 (40.3%) in 2021.ConclusionsThe COVID-19 outbreak prompted an increase in influenza vaccination rates among medical students in Chongqing, with almost all students (96.0%) believing that the spread of COVID-19 promoted their knowledge about influenza and influenza vaccine, and the vast majority (74.8%) believing that the spread of COVID-19 promoted their willingness to receive influenza vaccine.

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Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Wang

Jiang

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BMJ Open

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Avaliação da hesitação vacinal para a vacina contra a influenza sazonal entre professores da rede pública de Teresina, Piauí, Brasil, em tempos de COVID-19

Pierote,

Suárez-Mutis,

Werneck

2024

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Resumo: Os objetivos deste estudo foram avaliar a frequência de hesitação à vacina contra influenza sazonal e analisar os fatores associados entre professores da rede municipal de ensino de Teresina, Piauí, Brasil. Foi aplicado um questionário online, adaptado do Modelo de Crenças em Saúde e foram incluídos 449 docentes. Do público entrevistado, a maioria reside na capital Teresina (373, 83,26%), são mulheres (360, 80,54%), com idade entre 23 e 50 anos (306, 81,38%), naturais do Estado do Piauí (382, 86,82%), de cor parda (289, 64,65%), casados (254, 56,7%) e com pós-graduação lato sensu (327, 72,99%). Um total de 33,18% foram considerados hesitantes à vacinação, sendo definidos como hesitantes aqueles professores que não se vacinaram contra influenza em 2020. As variáveis associadas à hesitação nesse grupo foram: não terem se vacinado contra a gripe (influenza) em 2019, acreditarem que a vacina contra a gripe não é conveniente, existem muitos riscos associados à vacina da gripe, e preocupação com reações à vacina da gripe, a pandemia do novo coronavírus mudou a relação com o ato de vacinar e uma maior adesão à vacina após ouvir informações sobre seus benefícios nos meios de comunicação. No entanto, na análise de regressão, somente as variáveis de não se vacinar contra influenza em 2019 e a modificação do comportamento após a pandemia foram significativas. As vacinas seguem sendo o principal método de prevenção e controle de uma série de doenças relacionadas aos vírus da influenza, sendo necessária uma maior adesão por parte dos professores, público prioritário que está em constante contato com alunos de diversas origens e representam uma importante fonte de disseminação do vírus.

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Health worker recommended vaccination rates among medical students in Brazil

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Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Does COVID-19 have an impact on influenza vaccine knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students: a 2-year prospective cohort study

Avaliação da hesitação vacinal para a vacina contra a influenza sazonal entre professores da rede pública de Teresina, Piauí, Brasil, em tempos de COVID-19

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