Decrease in Overall Vaccine Hesitancy in College Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic changed our world as we know it and continues to be a global problem three years since the pandemic began. Several vaccines were produced, but there was a considerable amount of societal turmoil surrounding them that has affected the way people view not only COVID-19 vaccines but all vaccines. We used a survey to compare how attitudes towards vaccination have changed in college students during the pandemic. An initial survey was administered in 2021, then a follow-up in 2022. Out of 316 respondents who answered the first survey, 192 completed the follow-up. The survey was designed to measure trends in changes to vaccine attitudes since the COVID-19 pandemic began. By comparing the first survey in 2021 and the follow-up, we found that roughly 55% of respondents' vaccin

SUBMITTER: Pogue K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10384532 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature