Chinese University Students’ Awareness and Acceptance of the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Cross-Sectional Study

• DOI: 10.2147/rmhp.s360274
• Publication Date: 2022-04-29T01:20:39Z
• Authors: Shirui Li; Zhihui Gao; Meihan Zhong; Zhujun Yu; Jianan Li; Haoran Bi
• Keywords: Pandemic; Cross-sectional study; Herd Immunity

The emergence of the mutant virus has exacerbated COVID-19 epidemic, and vaccines remain an effective viable means resistance. As a socially influential young group, university students' awareness acceptance vaccine are crucial to achieving herd immunity. This study aimed assess among Chinese students identify possible factors associated with their level hesitancy.An anonymous cross-sectional survey was conducted between 10 28 June 2021. We collected information on demographic characteristics, vaccine, influencing factors. Sleep disturbances anxiety disorders were also evaluated. Multinomial logistic regression analyses performed.Among 721 participants (aged 18 23 years) female predominance (68.9%), 40.4% cases exhibited moderate 87.4% expressed high vaccine. Participants' gender, ethnicity, region residence, grade level, satisfaction current state pandemic control, perceived likelihood rebound, source number information, concerns about differences in manufacturers, state-approved insomnia level. Furthermore, age, preferred channels for vaccination significantly vaccine.This reflected acceptance, but insufficient some have problems. These require government take measures such as individualized publicity education, adding professional psychological counseling courses improve public health events, comprehensively promote cope ever-changing situation epidemic.