COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy, Protective Behaviors, and Risk Perception among University Students in Alexandria | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Page 108-122 PDF (522.39 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.195790 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Authors | ||||
| Rasha Abd El Hakim Abdou1; Ahmed Samir Abou Donia2; Asmaa Mohammed Saad Khaled3 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor Home Economics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University | ||||
| 3Lecturer Community Health Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Quick vaccine rollouts and compliance with preventive strategies are crucial for a country recovery from COVID-19, but vaccine hesitancy could prolong the pandemic and the need for physical distancing and lockdowns. Aim of the study: was to assess the levels of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, protective behaviors and risk perception among university students in Alexandria. Study design: An online cross-sectional exploratory survey research design was used in this study. Setting: This study was conducted in all faculties affiliated to Alexandria University. Subjects: Convenient sample of 1000 university students were selected by equal allocation method. Tools of data collection: Three tools were used for data collection. The first tool was “Vaccine Hesitancy Scale” to assess the students’ hesitancy toward COVID-19 vaccines. The second tool was “The Protective behavior against COVID-19 Scale” to measure the protective behaviors against COVID-19. While, the third tool was “Risk Perception Scale” to measure the public risk perception for public health emergencies. Results: The results of this study showed that more than one quarter of them had a high level of vaccine hesitancy, while less than half of them had a good level of protective behaviors against COVID 19. On the other hand, less than one quarter of the studied students had high level of risk perception. Conclusion: The study concluded that university students, are among the population at risk of being infected with COVID‐19 and transmitting the infection to others owing to the sense of invulnerability and their poor compliance with protective behaviors, including administration of vaccination against Covid-19. Recommendations: It is essential to raise awareness among university students about Covid-19 to change negative vaccine attitudes and increase the acceptance and uptake of Covid-19 vaccines | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Vaccine Hesitancy; Protective Behaviors; Risk Perception; University Students; COVID-19 | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 589 PDF Download: 313 |
||||
