Barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccine uptake among Australian health professional students during the pandemic: a nationwide study.

ABSTRACT: Using a cross-sectional online survey we investigated knowledge, attitudes, and risk perception about COVID-19 vaccination and identified factors influencing vaccine uptake among Australian health professional students from October 2021 to January 2022. We analysed data from 1114 health professional students from 17 Australian universities. Most participants were enrolled in nursing programs (n = 958, 86.8%), and 91.6% (n = 858) of the participants received COVID-19 vaccination. Approximately 27% believed COVID-19 was no more serious than seasonal influenza and that they had a low risk of acquiring COVID-19. Nearly 20% disagreed that COVID-19 vaccines in Australia were safe and perceived they were at higher-risk of acquiring COVID infection than the general population. Higher-risk percepti

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10485127 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature