COVID-19 Vaccination Preferences of University Students and Staff in Hong Kong.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

COVID-19 has required universities to rapidly develop vaccination policies for students and staff, yet little is known about the preferences of these individuals toward vaccination.

Objective

To quantify student and staff preferences for COVID-19 vaccination at a university in Hong Kong.

Design, setting, and participants

A cross-sectional online survey study was conducted from July 20 to September 21, 2021, before the announcement of a campus-wide vaccine mandate. A survey of 42 451 eligible university students and staff used discrete-choice experiment methods to quantify 7 attributes of COVID-19 vaccination: risk of a mild or moderate adverse event after vaccination, risk of a severe adverse event after vaccination, efficacy against COVID-19 infection, eff

SUBMITTER: Fung LWY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115609 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature