COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vaccine Acceptance Among Students From Two Major Public Universities in Thailand: A Comparison Between Health Sciences and Non-Health Sciences Disciplines

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal of Population and Social Studies Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.25133/jpssv322024.006

Sirashat Hanvivattanakul, Kanathip Jongmekwamsuk, Jakaphat Vanichanan, Thana Khawcharoenporn

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Abstract

Data on COVID-19 knowledge, attitudes, and vaccine acceptance among students is vital to inform appropriate COVID-19 preventive strategies. A survey was conducted online among students from 12 health sciences (HS) and 16 non-health sciences (NHS) faculties of two universities during 2021–2022. Of the 1,728 participating students, 613 (35%) were from the HS faculties, and 1,115 (65%) were from the NHS faculties. The HS students had a significantly higher median knowledge score about COVID-19 than the NHS students (15 vs. 14). Most students strongly agreed that people should have an equal chance to select and get the COVID-19 vaccines they want. The HS students were more likely than the NHS students to agree that wearing masks and social distancing can reduce the risk of acquiring COVID-19. At the same time, the NHS students were more likely to agree that the decision about vaccination is highly affected by the population’s confidence in their government. The overall COVID-19 vaccine acceptance rate was 99.3%, similar for both student groups. Concerns about vaccine efficacy, safety, and availability of wanted vaccines were the main reasons for vaccination refusal. Improving COVID-19 prevention and vaccination should consider the differential knowledge gaps, attitudes toward COVID-19, and the reasons for refusing vaccination among students.

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泰国两所主要公立大学学生的COVID-19知识、态度和疫苗接受度:健康科学与非健康科学学科的比较

关于学生COVID-19知识、态度和疫苗接受情况的数据对于制定适当的COVID-19预防策略至关重要。在2021-2022年期间，对两所大学的12个健康科学学院和16个非健康科学学院的学生进行了在线调查。在1728名参与调查的学生中，613名(35%)来自哈佛学院，1115名(65%)来自NHS学院。高中学生的COVID-19知识得分中位数明显高于NHS学生(15比14)。大多数学生强烈同意，人们应该有平等的机会选择和获得他们想要的COVID-19疫苗。HS学生比NHS学生更有可能同意戴口罩和保持社交距离可以降低感染COVID-19的风险。与此同时，NHS的学生更有可能同意接种疫苗的决定受到民众对政府信心的高度影响。总体COVID-19疫苗接种率为99.3%，两组学生的接种率相似。对疫苗效力、安全性和所需疫苗的可获得性的担忧是拒绝接种疫苗的主要原因。改善COVID-19预防和疫苗接种应考虑学生之间的差异知识差距，对COVID-19的态度以及拒绝接种疫苗的原因。

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Journal of Population and Social Studies Social Sciences-Anthropology

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期刊介绍： Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) is an open access peer-reviewed journal that is published by the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University. Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) has ceased its hard copy publication in 2013, became an online only journal since 2014 and currently publishes 4 issues per year. Yet, Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) continues to be a free* of charge journal for publication. Journal of Population and Social Studies (JPSS) welcomes contributions from the fields of demography, population studies and other related disciplines including health sciences, sociology, anthropology, population economics, population geography, human ecology, political science, statistics, and methodological issues. The subjects of articles range from population and family changes, population ageing, sexuality, gender, reproductive health, population and environment, population and health, migration, urbanization and Labour, determinants and consequences of population changes to social and behavioral aspects of population. Our aim is to provide a platform for the researchers, academicians, professional, practitioners and graduate students from all around the world to share knowledge on the empirical and theoretical research papers, case studies, literature reviews and book reviews that are of interest to the academic community, policy-makers and practitioners.