FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH VACCINE ACCEPTANCE AND RECOMMENDATION AMONG DENTAL STUDENTS AND FACULTY PREVIOUSLY INFECTED WITH COVID-19; A STUDY FROM SAUDI ARABIA

Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Pub Date : 2023-01-21 DOI:10.37268/mjphm/vol.22/no.3/art.1653

O. Abu-Hammad, Shaden Abu-Hammad, Safa Jambi, Nebras Althagafi, R. Eshky, Rahaf S Aljohani, Rahaf Ayeq, Layan Ghazi, Heba Al-subhi, Abdalla Abu-Hammad, Malak Abu-Hammad, N. Odeh, N. Dar-Odeh

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This study aims to explore vaccine acceptance and recommendation behaviors among clinical dental students and their faculty who were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. The study was conducted among previously infected dental healthcare personnel (DHCP) in an academic setting to evaluate their willingness to accept vaccines and recommend them to family and patients. Logistic regression was conducted to determine significant variables associated with vaccine attitudes. Among 316 personnel 62 indicated previous infection (19.6%). Personnel who were willing to take the vaccine, or recommend it to patients, or to family were: 67.7%, 87.1%, and 85.5% respectively. Vaccine acceptance was significantly associated with vaccine awareness and number of long-term COVID-19 complications (P=.003, .033 respectively). Vaccine recommendation to family, and patients was significantly associated with vaccine awareness only (P=.005, .006 respectively). It is concluded that some previously infected academic dental personnel are unwilling to accept COVID-19 vaccines or recommend them to others. This was mainly due to lack of vaccine awareness. Efforts directed at increasing COVID-19 vaccine awareness are warranted by dental schools in collaboration with Ministry of Health authorities. It is also necessary to closely monitor, and provide support to personnel affected by long COVID

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先前感染covid-19的牙科学生和教师接受和推荐疫苗的相关因素一项来自沙特阿拉伯的研究

本研究旨在探讨曾感染过SARS-CoV-2的临床牙科学生及其教师的疫苗接受和推荐行为。该研究是在先前感染的牙科保健人员(DHCP)中进行的，在学术环境中评估他们接受疫苗的意愿，并向家人和患者推荐疫苗。进行逻辑回归以确定与疫苗态度相关的重要变量。316名人员中有62人有感染史(19.6%)。愿意接种疫苗、向患者推荐疫苗、向家人推荐疫苗的人员分别为67.7%、87.1%和85.5%。疫苗接受度与疫苗认知度和COVID-19长期并发症数量显著相关(P=。003, 0.033)。对家庭和患者的疫苗推荐仅与疫苗认知度显著相关(P=。0.005, 0.006)。结论是，部分曾感染过新冠病毒的牙科学术人员不愿接受新冠病毒疫苗或向他人推荐新冠病毒疫苗。这主要是由于缺乏对疫苗的认识。牙科学校应与卫生部当局合作，努力提高对COVID-19疫苗的认识。密切监测和支持受长期疫情影响的人员

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Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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期刊介绍： Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine (MJPHM) is the official Journal of Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association. This is an Open-Access and peer-reviewed Journal founded in 2001 with the main objective of providing a platform for publication of scientific articles in the areas of public health medicine. . The Journal is published in two volumes per year. Contributors are welcome to send their articles in all sub-discipline of public health including epidemiology, biostatistics, nutrition, family health, infectious diseases, health services research, gerontology, child health, adolescent health, behavioral medicine, rural health, chronic diseases, health promotion, public health policy and management, health economics, occupational health and environmental health.